A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world, from a thrilling new feminist voice. im a good girl, bad girl, dream girl, sad girl girl next door sunbathing in the driveway i wanna be them all at once, i wanna be all the girls Ive ever loved --from Girl Lauded for the power of her writing and having attracted an online fan base of millions for her extraordinary spoken-word performances, Olivia Gatwood now weaves together her own coming-of-age with an investigation into our cultures romanticization of violence against women. At times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant, Life of the Party explores the boundary between what is real and what is imagined in a life saturated with fear. Gatwood asks, How does a girl grow into a woman in a world racked by violence? Where is the line between perpetrator and victim? In precise, searing language, she illustrates how what happens to our bodies can make us who we are. Praise for Life of the Party Delicately devastating, this book will make us all feel less alone in the dark. --Miel Bredouw, writer and comedian, Punch Up the Jam Gatwood writes about the women who were forgotten and the men who got off too easy with an effortlessness and empathy and anger that yanked every emotion on the spectrum out of me. Imagine, we get to live in the age of Olivia Gatwood. Goddamn. --Jamie Loftus, writer and comedian, Boss Whom Is Girl and The Bechdel Cast Ive read every poem in Life of the Party . Ive read each of them more than once. In some parts of the book the spine is already breaking because Ive spent so much time poring over it and losing hours in this world Olivia Gatwood has partly created, but partly just invited the reader to enter on their own, caution signs be damned. This book is enlightening, inspiring, igniting, and f***ing scary . I loved every word on every page with a ferocity that frightened me. --Madeline Brewer , actress, The Handmaids Tale, Orange Is the New Black, and Cam
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