American · b. 1982
Patricia Lockwood is a poet who wrote the definitive novel about being online. "No One Is Talking About This" (2021) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize—a woman lives in "the portal" of social media until family tragedy pulls her out. Lockwood's poetry made her famous first; "Priestdaddy" (2017), her memoir about her gun-collecting priest father, confirmed her range. Her prose is funny and devastating.