In Real Life | Limited Edition Signed Author’s Copy

Get a limited edition, signed author’s copy of In Real Life, the fifth chapbook from poet Maegen McAuliffe O'Leary. 

In Real Life is a freight train ride through the creative landscape of Maegen McAuliffe O'Leary's imagination. In a post-truth age where boundaries between illusion and reality are alarmingly porous, In Real Life confronts what is real, what is death, what is magic, what is God, what is poetry, and what does any of it matter when life is “a big game of fuck fucks”? McAuliffe O'Leary holds no punches, dissecting the 21st century human impulse to “make something markedly profitable”, despite the ethically ambiguous dilemma that “Nothing comes / from nothing and you can’t sell nothing / except we do / all the time.” Unflinchingly direct, beautifully honest, and sharply written, In Real Life will haunt readers with its unsparing reminder that “Every choice made is a ripple // through reality. Half god, / we are. I’ve seen the wings. / All fluff and no future. Butterflies / trapped in meat.