Alien Enemies
July 9
The fascist turn is not sharp. It is a relinquishment of the disguise.
Brandon Shimoda is the author of several books of poetry and prose, most recently The Afterlife Is Letting Go (City Lights, 2024) and Hydra Medusa (Nightboat Books, 2023). With Brynn Saito, he is the co-editor of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration (Haymarket Books, 2025).