Notes on Shapeshifting

Gabi Abrão's poetry collection, Notes on Shapeshifting, is a celebration of living in a physical body while staying aware of the changing energy that moves through it. Its poems turn toward a lighter, non-physical self as a way to rest from the body's constant demands, and they make room for impermanence, ease and transformation.

The collection takes readers through a wide emotional range, from first infatuation to heartbreak, from confidence to defeat, and from doubt about living to complete trust in life. Its verses aim to soothe and stir the reader in equal measure. Throughout, the book reminds readers that they are the ones who bring about the change they seek.

Abrão's writing has appeared in The Outline, The Atlantic, Dazed, The Harvard Crimson and The Face, among other publications. Her work engages with wellness culture and the influencer economy, questioning the ideas and identities that surround them.