New American Best Friend July 1\ — Nate Marshall

— Nate Marshall

"Imagine being introduced to the musicians responsible for the soundtrack of the 1980s

There are first kisses

author of Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

This book requires readers to reflect on who we are

New American Best Friend July 1\ — Nate MarshallOlivia Gatwood, 2017 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