152 x 203mm, 168 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2025

The Downsides is an exploration of fear, doubt, and worry as the guides and love languages they are and can be. Distilling and objectifying the harder parts of life, Oparah's second book is a reflection on the ways loss happens and stains. It permits and extends mourning—dismissing silver linings, "at least," and hope as ways out of the present. The Downsides is about remaining exactly where you are, looking at that space, and letting the body feel and name all the ways it is real. It is a conscious, intentional meditation on the heavy, burdensome things we are asked to forget, forgive, move on from, keep, and protect. 

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