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Winter 2012

Leila and the Second Skin


thank you Leila and the Second Skin, by Laurana Wong a little stick figure slumps, head hung over and back curving drastically forward Leila was the only human being in a seafull of robots And she was running. Always running Leila runs from a giant blue hand made of smoke. The fingers of the blue hand curve around her, threatening to envelop her at any moment. Leila's eyes are wide and round with fear as she clutches the air before her with one hand, and protects her chest with the other.


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It is a book
Delicate to the skin
Made uniquely
by hand
And meant to be touched

# of pages - - 108
page size - - 4.25" x 5.5"
format - - color inkjet printed, hand sewn & bound
paper - - textured offwhite with a vintage feel and a soft hand
cover - - pages layered with paper skin collage
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