{"product_id":"life-of-the-party","title":"Life of the Party - Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world, from a thrilling new feminist voice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ei’m a good girl, bad girl, dream girl, sad girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003egirl next door sunbathing in the driveway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ei wanna be them all at once, i wanna be\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eall the girls I’ve ever loved\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —from “Girl”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 culture’s romanticization of violence against women. At times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant, \u003ci\u003eLife of the Party \u003c\/i\u003eexplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLife of the Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delicately devastating, this book will make us all ‘feel less alone in the dark.’ ”\u003cb\u003e—Miel Bredouw, writer and comedian, \u003ci\u003ePunch Up the Jam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cb\u003e—Jamie Loftus, writer and comedian, \u003ci\u003eBoss Whom Is Girl \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bechdel Cast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“I’ve read every poem in \u003ci\u003eLife of the Party\u003c\/i\u003e. I’ve read each of them more than once. In some parts of the book the spine is already breaking because I’ve 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 \u003ci\u003escary\u003c\/i\u003e. I loved every word on every page with a ferocity that frightened me.”\u003cb\u003e—Madeline Brewer\u003cb\u003e, actress, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale, Orange Is the New Black,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50972430401824,"sku":"9781984801906","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781984801906.jpg?v=1764171295","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/life-of-the-party","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}