*Longlisted for the 2003 ReLit Award for Poetry What if you discovered that your history was in error? What if your identity was changed irrevocably? What if your new-found identity transformed you in every way? Marilyn Iwama's Skin Whispers Down crystallizes the moment at the heart of such questions. This is a unique book of cultural transformation and controlled artistry that departs structurally from all other family narratives of its kind.