{"product_id":"nearly-naked-patrick-oneill-9781625505101","title":"Nearly Naked","description":"In Nearly Naked, Patrick O'Neill strips away the pretense and posturing - the fear, really - that prevents people from preserving their integrity in a world that increasingly fails to value that bedrock trait: A college bureaucracy that favors a clean desk over an inquiring mind; a brotherhood threatened by feminists; people who fall short of other peoples' unrealistic expectations-O'Neill holds them all accountable in his poems, which read as short stories. There's a moral to each poem - and O'Neill is a skilled teller of entertaining tales. This book is full of favorite O'Neill characters-his vegan niece, botanist sister, spunky grandma, wife and lovers. They come alive in O'Neill's discerning description and dialog and feel as real as his iconic polka dot hat. --Diane Montz Patrick O'Neill's verse with its wonderfully \"everyman\" characters brings so-called \"common folks\" to a literary immortality that demands his inclusion in the pantheon of old and new great poets. --Del Reitz, Ed\/Pub Newsletter Inago In Patrick O'Neill's poetry, inner monologues and outer dialogues fold into episodes-vignettes of everyday living. He sprinkles his poems with gentle treatments of the wisdom of animals, the revelations of plants. His poetry is a veritable kaleidoscope of highly interesting slices of life. His empathic style touches the reader's heart-felt spirits while his offbeat wit and subtle irony produce provocative revelations. --Tom Bruneau, Professor Emeritus, Radford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625505108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625505101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Llumina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.24d","brand":"Patrick O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442450706687,"sku":"9781625505101","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b47e0295-d406-4ee9-95ab-e83adb4155e9.jpg?v=1777197495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nearly-naked-patrick-oneill-9781625505101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}