| New American Best Friend Contributor(s): Gatwood, Olivia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943735107 ISBN-13: 9781943735105 Publisher: Button Poetry OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places - Poetry | Lgbt |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Series: Button Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.20 lbs) 60 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes. The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably, the book moves toward celebration, culminating in a series of odes: odes to the body, to tough women, to embracing your own journey in all its failures and triumphs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gatwood, Olivia: - Olivia Gatwood is a poet, fiction writer, and sex & relationships columnist at Bustle.com and HelloFlo. Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, she is a Brave New Voices, Women of the World, and National Poetry Slam finalist, winner of the 2015 Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam and has been featured on HBO and TV One's Verses & Flow. Author of the chapbook Drunk Sugar and a recent graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Olivia has taught workshops on feminism, poetry and sexual health at foster homes, women's shelters, public schools and community centers nationwide. |