A5, 36 pages, Black & white printing, Saddle stitched, Softcover, 2025

Exploring the tension held by dual states of being (belonging and desolation; desire and shame; hope and fear), Malashock’s soft sincerity pulls the reader into her world as both voyeur and confidant: i've found it necessary / to fall in love with myself. // i'm warmed by the heat / of my isolation. Looking in the mirror, at years-old photographs, at who you once were and now are, this intimate collection asks you to bear as much of yourself while you read as you find shown within. The Philosophy of Staying in Harness lives in the dyke bar, in forgotten diaries, alone in bed after a date that didn’t go anywhere, least of all where you thought it would.

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