Life of the Party: Poems

the long version

i’m a good girl, bad girl, dream girl, sad girlgirl next door sunbathing in the drivewayi wanna be them all at once, i wanna beall the girls I’ve ever loved—Excerpt of “Girl,” from Life of the Party by Olivia GatwoodLauded 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 culture’s romanticization of violence against women. At time