Bodied

Maya is a 20-year-old with a graveyard shift at the post office, a Ma whose temper rises even faster than the rent, and a million headaches that come with life as a woman of color in New York City. Her escape from it all is her local arcade, home to New York’s feisty, burgeoning fighting game tournament scene. But when she’s banned for standing up to a trash-talker, even the arcade is taken away. Maya needs to partner with a team of up-and-coming players and learn to defeat not just her opponents, but also her own worst instincts. Beneath Maya’s quest for FGC glory shines a deeper story about how all of us are made by historyand how we can make history in our turn. Bodied is a unique coming-of-age story with sneaky literary chops, a modern mash-up between The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and A League of Their Own.