A Body Made of Almost

A Body Made of Almost is a debut poetry collection about girlhood, hunger, and the long, unfinished work of becoming.

Moving through desire, shame, the body, friendship, family, and self-return, these poems trace what it means to grow up in a world that teaches girls to shrink-and the quiet defiance it takes to take up space anyway.

With visceral intimacy and emotional precision, Alexis Dakota writes from the space between softness and survival, capturing the ache of almost being chosen-and the slow, stubborn decision to choose yourself.

These poems are tender and unflinching, haunted by longing and stitched together by hope.

For the late bloomers.

For the ones still becoming.

For anyone learning how to stay.

A Body Made of Almostis a love letter to the self you keep finding your way back to.