Olivia Gatwood

Poet

American · 21st century

American poet and author known for performance poetry on girlhood, adolescence and womanhood, including the collection New American Best Friend (2017).

Connection to Taylor Swift

Surfaced through community discussion of But Daddy I Love Him, where Gatwood's poem on teenage girlhood was proposed as a companion to the hosts' reading of the song through the inner fourteen-year-old.

Notable Works

  • New American Best Friend; Life of the Party; "When I Say That We Are All Teen Girls"