2025 — INTERVIEWS — Split Lip Magazine

Olivia Gatwood on Her Debut Novel, Whoever You Are, Honey

Poet and author of Life of the Party Olivia Gatwood has released her long-awaited debut novel, Whoever You Are, Honey. Set in the liminal space of Santa Cruz, California (a town grasping on to tradition as modernity threatens to destroy its past), we meet Mitty, a reclusively introspective protagonist whose rejection of the world reveals a stormy interior contrasting with her unassuming exterior.

inteReviews, interviews, 2025SLMFebruary 14, 2025Olivia Gatwood, Isabella Maria

Learning to Play The Story Game: A Conversation with Shze-Hui Tjoa

Before we tell a story to another, we often repeat it to ourselves. We arrange each polished detail like a game of dominoes—See what I’ve seen—until, laid flat, our listening party might observe the bigger picture.

inteReviews, interviews, 2025SLMJanuary 14, 2025Jessika Bouvier, Shze-Hui Tjoa