Heart of a Shapeshifter: 2Spirit Love Medicine



Heart of a Shapeshifter: 2Spitirt Love Medicine
By coyote Park
Published and Designed by
@genderfail (publisher of “Behind Shut Eyes”)
Cover by Ashley Lukeshevsky @ashluka
Foreword by Mimi Zhu @mimizhuxiyuan
Edited by Cortez @veganchorizo
Contains words from @sema.tattoo @em.vventure @staterecognizedfemale
132 pages
Open edition
Offset and digital
April 2022

OUT OF PRINT

"Heart of a Shapeshifter: 2Spirit Love Medicine" is Coyote Park's collection of poems, short essays, and prose. It explores transformation, non-linear transitions, ancestor worship, diaspora, T4T romance, non-monogamy, queer awakenings, and various intersections of Park's lived experiences. Woven throughout the collection are 8 Vessels, taking shape as themed chapters and representing lifetimes. Throughout these vessels, Coyote reflects on extensions of themself, their lovers, and what love medicine means to them. "Heart of a Shapeshifter" is born out of the passion of Brown leather dykes, Trans Deities, and the fierce and overflowing protection of Spirit. A collection of writing for all those yearning to love and shapeshift freely.

Coyote Park (he/they) is a 2Spirit (Korean, German, Yurok Native) artist from Honolulu, Hawai’i, who currently lives in Tongva Territory (Los Angeles). They are a transgender artist who centers their practice on photography, writing, performance, painting, producing, and creative direction as modes of storytelling. Park’s work aims to create queer utopia by photographing spaces of comfort, togetherness, and liberation. Park merges their written work with their passion for image-making through their photo series entitled “All Kin is Blood Kin” (2020 - current), surrounding themes of chosen family, rebirth, and intimacy. The intention of their work is for it to be a pathway to healing and dreaming up new worlds.