{"product_id":"people-on-sunday-9781933517728","title":"People on Sunday","description":"\u003cp\u003eO'Brien's  is] a poetry that asks for patient attention, and gives back all the void's abundance.--\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether in a poem composed using words and phrases from the Patriot Act, a sestina with dauntingly common repeating end words, or in flat-out theory, O'Brien shows himself to be capable of portraying the muddled traffic of life in the Internet age.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review for \u003ci\u003eMetropole\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his most autobiographical collection to date, Geoffrey G. O'Brien explores--via the promise of happiness in great works of art--the dream of a working freedom not relegated to Sundays. Crossing traditional poetic material with contemporary political struggle, O'Brien captures the complex feelings of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere again just a few minutes\u003cbr\u003eTo see what we've done with what they let us have.\u003cbr\u003eLike spring in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003eThe way we're taught to imagine days \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs reprieves from other days, cherries snowing\u003cbr\u003eInexpressiveness, the nation's capital\u003cbr\u003eAn experience of how it is to be\u003cbr\u003eCaught up in pink and white again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey G. O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMetropole\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eGreen and Gray\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eThe Guns and Flags Project\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), all from University of California Press. He is the co-author (with John Ashbery and Timothy Donnelly) of \u003ci\u003eThree Poets: Ashbery, Donnelly, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e (Minus A Press, 2012). O'Brien teaches at UC Berkeley and also for the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2642426\"\u003eGeoffrey G. O'Brien\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933517728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933517727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO002000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey G. O'Brien is the author of \u003ci\u003eMetropole\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eGreen and Gray\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eThe Guns and Flags Project\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), all from The University of California Press. His chapbooks include \u003ci\u003eHesiod\u003c\/i\u003e (Song Cave, 2010), and \u003ci\u003ePoem with No Good Lines\u003c\/i\u003e (Hand Held Editions, 2010). He is the coauthor (with John Ashbery and Timothy Donnelly) of \u003ci\u003eThree Poets: Ashbery, Donnelly, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e (Minus A Press, 2012) and (in collaboration with the poet Jeff Clark) of \u003ci\u003e2A\u003c\/i\u003e (Quemadura, 2006). O'Brien is an Associate Professor in the English Department at UC Berkeley and also teaches for the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44696721719533,"sku":"9781933517728","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2bad3240-bf40-4e96-9d34-c4c0dd82ac9d.jpg?v=1703804809","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/people-on-sunday-9781933517728","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}