Toni Garcia-Butler is a poet and community artist rooted in Little Rock. Named by the Arkansas Times as Arkansas's Best Poet of 2025, he strives to connect with others through the intricacies of lived experience. Following the tradition of bell hooks, he writes proudly "in the margin", centering his people: Black, Fil-am, queer, and everyone existing within the intersections. 

Find Toni published in Closet Cases: Queers on What We Wear (under former name), {new words press}, beestung, and several independent and collaborative zines. His debut chapbook, DIY BODY, is forthcoming from Sibling Rivalry Press (June 2026). You can also find him at tgbpoetry.com.