176 pages |Paperback

im a good girl, bad girl, sad girl, dream girl

FromLife of the Partyby Olivia Gatwood

Lauded for the power of her writing and having attracted an online fan base of millions for her extraordinary spoken-word performances, Olivia Gatwood is a thrilling new feminist voice.

InLife of the Party, Gatwood weaves together her own coming of age with an investigation into our cultures romanticization of violence against women. Her precise, searing languageat times blistering and rioutous, at times soulful and exuberantexplores the boundary between what is real and what is imagined in a life saturated with fear. Gatwood asks, How does one grow from a girl to a woman in a world wracked by violence? Where is the line between perpetrator and victim?

A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world,Life of the Partyillustrates that what happens to our bodies makes us who we are.