{"product_id":"reel-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cleveland State University Poetry Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635493830930,"sku":"9798989708437","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c08e04e7-7f6e-4663-96ef-864a91e08c50.jpg?v=1759239319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reel-9798989708437","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}