01579cam a2200313 i 4500 545754668 TxAuBib 190107s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019000398 9781984801906 pbk. 1984801902 pbk. DLC eng DLC TnLvILS rda TxAuBib rda Gatwood, Olivia. Poems Selections. Life of the party : poems / Olivia Gatwood. First edition. New York : The Dial Press, [2019] xv, 153 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier " In Life of the Party [Gatwood] 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. American poetry 21st century. Women Poetry Crimes against. Women Poetry. Family violence Poetry. Violence Poetry. Poetry.