Book Reader Magazine

  • Featured Books
  • Submit Your Book
  • Submit an Author Interview
  • Subscribe To Newsletter
You are here: Home / Books To Read / I’m Not a Mannequin

I’m Not a Mannequin

About I’m Not a Mannequin:

R.B. O’Brien’s highly anticipated fifth collection of poetry comes with a fitting title, because there is nothing plastic or fake or synthetic about the art of being human. You’ll find no forced rhymes or antiquated strict forms here, just a simple beauty in the complex emotions of the unexpected–and sometimes expected–moments we live, one at a time and all at once. This collection reminds us that we are all “Leaves at Midnight,” on “Swallowtail Wings,” even “Across Snowfields,” best traveled “Bare and Naked,” and anything—ANYTHING—but mannequins covered in the clothes that won’t fit us.

From sensuality to love to romance to nature and death, O’Brien shows us our human spirit in verse, like looking into a mirror that sometimes makes us smile, and other times, makes us cry; that sometimes shines light on our best features, and other times, begs for the sun to salve the scars of our darkness; that sometimes makes us a child again, and other times, allows us to revel in the sensual intricacies of being an adult; and that never sometimes, but only always, shows us that truth lies in embracing every part of all of it: A world where poetry with soul exists.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:

Get the Book Here.

Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.

Visit the Facebook Fan Page.

Visit the Twitter page.

Author Bio:

“Emotive. Romantic. Introspective. And everything in between. Poetry is what my soul bleeds when I’m not looking…”

R.B. O’Brien is the founding member of The Nu Romantics and a multi-genre author of electric writing best known for her romance novels, but poetry is her first love. She is a logophile, a reader, a health fanatic, an advocate for animals, a nature lover, a dancer, a hopeful romantic, has a profound affection for Shakespeare, finds beauty in the darkest of things, loves wry humor, and often, succumbs to a heart that beats too fast.

O’Brien holds a degree in English literature and teaches for a living. Beyond that, she CREATES—every chance she gets.

GET TURNED ON.

Categories

  • Featured Authors
  • Submit Your Book
  • Action & Adventure
  • Adult
  • Advice & How To
  • Business
  • Children
  • Cooking
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Mystery
  • Non-Fiction
  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller
  • Romance
  • Young Adult
  • Fiction
  • Health & Fitness
  • LGBT
  • Memoir
  • Humor
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Religion
  • Poetry
  • Horror
  • Resources
  • Author Resources

Search For Good Books

Recent Posts

  • Featured Author Susanna Sweeney
  • Featured Author Charlie Garratt
  • At First, You Hear The Silence by Mark Fuller Dillon
  • The Stobrimore Chronicles – The Beginning by Matthew Johnson
  • Murder at a Musical Retreat by P. C. James

Follow us on Social Media

Like Us On Facebook

Learn More

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Submit Your Book
  • Featured Books
  • Books To Read

Search For Books

Privacy Policy

Grab Our Button

Copyright © 2025 BookReaderMagazine.com

Helping Readers Find Authors Since 2014