Notes towards Becoming a Spill is the first major monograph by Philadelphia-born, Pittsburgh-based artist Shikeith. Published by Aperture, the volume brings together a series of striking studio portraits that redefine the “sacred space” of Black queer masculinity. Shikeith’s subjects inhabit various states of meditation and ecstasy, their skin glistening with sweat and tears as a manifestation of erotic potential and spiritual ritual. Influenced by concepts of hauntology and the history of American colonialism, Shikeith uses his lens to “exorcise the intangible presences” that haunt Black psyches. With an introduction by critic Antwaun Sargent and an essay by scholar Ashon T. Crawley, the book is a powerful investment in vulnerability, tenderness, and the “concrete possibility for another world.”