and its devastating impact on Indigenous people

and toward self-governance

Long before there was a Duluth

shortly after his death

colorful illustrations from Kim Smith

Disintegrate/Dissociate Shoshone and its devastating impact onIn her powerful debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare yet powerful poems, she explores, with both rage and tenderness, the parameters of grief, trauma, displacement, and identity. Weaving together a past made murky by uncertainty and a present which exists in multitudes, Arielle Twist poetically navigates through what it means to be an Indigenous trans