Olivia Gatwood: Poetry
Olivia Gatwood: Poetry
Join us in the Coolidge Museum to welcome the local teen winners of the Forbes Library Young Poets Award and internationally touring poet Olivia Gatwood.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Olivia Gatwood has received national recognition for her poetry, writing workshops, and work as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. As a finalist at Brave New Voices, Women of the World and the National Poetry Slam, Olivia's performances have been featured on HBO, Huffington Post, MTV, VH1, and BBC among others. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Muzzle Magazine, The Winter Tangerine Review, Poetry City U.S.A., Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Missouri Review. Her Amazon Best Selling collection, New American Best Friend, reflects her experiences growing up in both New Mexico and Trinidad, navigating girlhood, puberty, relationships, and period underwear. Her second book, Who Are You Always Dressing Up For? is forthcoming from The Dial Press/Random House, 2019.
Olivia is a full-time touring artist and has performed internationally at over two-hundred schools and universities.
Olivia believes in girl-power. She currently lives in Boston.
- Date:
- Saturday, August 4, 2018
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Coolidge Museum
- Categories:
- Author Events One-Time Events Performance Poetry Summer Reading Teen Events Writing
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