D I Y Body LGBTQ+ When she uncovers a long-hidden

When she uncovers a long-hidden secret about Iris's family in the underbelly of the theater--a story of heaving passion and loss

and prosperity

She has already triumphed in countless bloody battles

threshing oats

and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race

D I Y Body LGBTQ+ When she uncovers a long-hiddenIn D I Y BODY, Toni Garcia Butler crafts a vibrant, defi ant exploration of identity, inheritance, and self making at the intersections of Black, Filipino, southern, and Trans queer experience. Through poems that move between memory, performance, and everyday ritual, Garcia Butler builds a body not given, but claimed piece by piece, voice by voice. These poems are alive with sound and movement: karaoke bars become sites of transformation, kitchens