| Description |
xv, 153 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. If a girl screams in the middle of the night ; Ghost story for masturbating at sleepovers ; No baptism ; First grade, 1998 ; All of the beautiful ones were Catholic ; Addendum to no baptism ; Adendum II to no baptism ; Gamble ; My mother says I wasn't a bad girl, I was just bored ; With her ; I must have only loved her in the summer ; Backpedal ; The autocross ; Murder of a little beauty ; We all got burnt that summer ; The Sandias, 2008 ; When I say that we are all teen girls ; My man ; Mango season -- Part 2. My grandmother asks why I don't trust men ; The boy says he loves Ted Bundy but he doesn't laugh about it ; Here is what you need to know ; Mans/Laughter ; The lover as a cult ; The summer of 2008 at Altura Park ; The lover as tapeworm ; Sound bites while we ponder death ; The lover as corn syrup ; The scholar ; Ode to my jealousy ; The lover as appetite ; Ode to my favorite murder ; I am almost certain I could dispose of myself and get away with it ; The lover as a dream ; My mothers addendum ; Body count: 13 ; Eubank and Candelaria , 2009 ; Aileen Wuornos teaches me about commitment -- Part 3. She lit up every room she walked into ; When they find him ; Will I ever stop writing about the dead girl ; Elegy for allegedly ; Ode to the women on Long Island ; Aileen Wuornos convinces me to put down my dog ; Odeto my bitch face ; Aileen Wuornos isn't my hero ; A story ending in breakfast ; Blowjob elegy ; What I know about healing ; Sonnet for the clove of garlic inside me ; Ode to pink ; Ode to my lover's left hand ; I am always trying to make my poems timeless ; Say it, I'm always in love ; 2041 ; Aileen Wuornos takes a lover home ; Another thing I know about healing ; All of the missing girls are hanging out with us ; In the future, I love the nighttime. |
| Summary |
"A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world, from a "ferocious" (BBC), "beautifully vulnerable" (Nylon) new talent. i'm a good girl, bad girl, sad girl, dream girl girl next door sunbathing in the driveway i wanna be them all at once, i wanna be all the girls i've ever loved 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 voice in contemporary feminist poetry. In Life of the Party, she weaves together her own coming of age with an investigation into our culture's romanticization of violence against women. In precise, searing language--at times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant--she explores the boundary between what is real and what is imagined in a life saturated with fear. How does one grow from a girl to a woman in a world wracked by violence? Where is the line between perpetrator and victim? What is the meaning of bravery? Visceral and haunting, this multifaceted collection illustrates that what happens to our bodies makes us who we are"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Poetry.
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Women.
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| ISBN |
9781984801906 (paperback) |
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