
Ghost Dogs
Dion O'Reilly(Author)
Lockward Diane(Editor)
Terrapin Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
106 pages
978-1-947896-23-9 (ISBN)
Description
Ghost Dogs, Dion O’Reilly’s fine first poetry collection, will haunt you the way art should. Bristling with pain, wit, desire, and tenderness, these poems investigate not only "the daily harms" of an abusive childhood, but the deep solace non-human animals can offer. In vivid, sensual detail, O’Reilly conjures her companions: mastiffs with "sad, sagging faces," a beloved chestnut mare’s "glowing coat," a green parrot who has managed to "fill a space in the chaos." She doesn’t sugarcoat or flinch from suffering—her own or others’—she transforms it. Line by crackling line, image by unforgettable image. Contemplating her bruised knees in the poem "Given," she asks, "Is there a way to make it wonderful?" Ghost Dogs provides us an answer, a resounding yes. —Ellen Bass
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
167 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947896-23-9 (9781947896239)
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Dion O'Reilly is the author of Ghost Dogs (2020). Her poems and essays have appeared in Rattle, The Sun, American Journal of Poetry, Cincinnati Review, Narrative, The New Ohio Review, The Massachusetts Review, and New Letters. She splits her time between a ranch in California's Santa Cruz Mountains and her residence in Bellingham, Washington.