In Memory of Exoskeletons by Rebecca Cuthbert

In Memory of Exoskeletons is a poetry chapbook by Rebecca Cuthbert, released through Alien Buddha Press. It is separated into three parts, Dwellings, Fervors and Anatomies, and with the very first piece, Turnkey I was hooked.

My personal favorites include My father has a rack of keys in his kitchen, Stations and Unlisted. These are of course only a few of several well written pieces. From finding witches, to ruminating over “no dogs allowed in the cemetery” to a love that will withstand anything, even turning to stone, Rebecca Cuthbert’s work is as beautiful as it is dark, taking even the smallest act and making it feel like art.

The collection spans across a woman’s seemingly everyday life, with a touch of dark, surrealism mixed in, touching on love, death, and feminism to name a few. Despite it only being 53 pages in length, it’s filled with work that will keep you thinking on the topic long after you’ve finished reading.

You can find In Memory of Exoskeletons here, https://a.co/d/heJTC7O as well as on her website, rebeccacuthbert.com