{"product_id":"reel-paperback-3","title":"Reel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColleen O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I didn't mean to be at this party,\" writes Colleen O'Brien in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, as the reader realizes they too have been absorbed into a spirited, spinning acceleration. In this mesmerizing debut collection of poetry, O'Brien's shattering sonic sensibility tethers us to the material world via humor while a vibrant commitment to expansive precision moves us \"closer farther.\" The poems in \u003ci\u003eReel \u003c\/i\u003eoccupy a liquid, naturalistic desire for language play with Modernist-influenced winks of resistance to absolute cohesion. O'Brien's wry, sly, kaleidoscopic lines turn mid-word toward surprise, exacting a powerful attention to too-often overlooked beings and images: stones, peas, pearls, rhymes, animals, children. Here is an oblique yet deeply relational poetics: vulnerable, alert, observant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColleen O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eAll Roads \u003c\/i\u003e(TriQuarterly\/Northwestern University Press) and the poetry chapbook \u003ci\u003eSpool in the Maze\u003c\/i\u003e (New Michigan Press), which won the DIAGRAM chapbook contest. Her full-length poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eReel\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by the Cleveland State University Poetry Center. Her stories and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review, Fence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, and her story \"Charlie\" won a Pushcart Prize. She teaches at Lehigh University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.04 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353729253625,"sku":"9798989708437","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bwwNJksweA9798989708437_b0691f41-af00-4bab-a711-b01232d379c0.webp?v=1769828432","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reel-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}