This program explores the themes of physical discomfort, transformation, and illness, focusing on experiences that are often underrepresented in literature. Inspired by conversations with poets and thinkers about the lack of exploration of hormonal and physical transitions — such as pregnancy, menopause, chronic illness, and gender transition — A Body Sheds aims to give voice to these processes.

Through the diverse perspectives of transformation from several writers, the program offers intimate insights into the changing states of body and mind, and how language withers in relation to them.