{"product_id":"reel-colleen-obrien-9798989708437","title":"Reel","description":"\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989708437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cleveland State University Poetry Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Colleen O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974759141631,"sku":"9798989708437","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a429c53-fb62-49a0-86ce-ca0159af30bb.jpg?v=1750875970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reel-colleen-obrien-9798989708437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}