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and forgiveness while refusing to sacrifice the hard truths that come with addiction

and reimagines the reach and convention of the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves

Rachel Wiley

Each one seamlessly builds upon the last

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New American Best Friend July 1\ and forgiveness while refusing toOlivia 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