Butcher IL Launching from a critical praxis

Launching from a critical praxis into a praxis of being

Steven Willis crafts a cast of characters

Button Poetry is thrilled to re-release Rachel Camacho’s critically-acclaimed debut Pink Elephant

— Danez Smith

Butcher IL Launching from a critical praxisNatasha T. Miller, 2021 Butcher is a book about love & loss about being unapologetic and transparent in grief. Natasha finds an unexpected solace in the kitchen after losing her best friend and brother, Marcus. Here, using the cuts of the cow as a metaphor Miller, explores addiction, family & tragedy. Butcher takes the body of a cow and cleaves it into 5 parts: envisioning the cuts as relationship with family members and social forces. Her Mother the