From Powells.com
The Best Books of 2022 (So Far)
Staff Pick
The Art of Learning to Fly is a glorious little illustrated collection of poems, celebrating that deeply implanted desire for flight that exists in so many of us. Featuring meditations on our winged companions and our interactions with them, especially that great wordless tour guide of our metropolitan lives, the pigeon. Take off on this fabulous flight of whimsy through these poets' imaginations and be mesmerized by where your soaring journey takes you! Compiled, edited, and illustrated by PDX creative Timothy Arliss O'Brien, host of the podcast, "The Poet Heroic," and author of the poetry collections, Dear God I'm a Faggot and Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month. Recommended By Nicholas Y., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Timothy Arliss OBrien, the founder and host of the poetry podcast, The Poet Heroic, has commissioned, compiled, and illustrated poems from some of the best voices from the podcast into this brilliant chapbook:
The Art of Learning to Fly.
Each contributor was tasked with creating pieces about pigeons, which resulted in transformative works on freedom, escape, longing, and flight
About the Author
Timothy Arliss OBrien is an interdisciplinary artist in music composition and writing. He has premiered with The Astoria Music Festival, Cascadia Composers, and ENAensemble’s Serial Opera Project. He has published several books of poetry, (The Art of Learning to Fly, Dear God I’m a Faggot, Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month), and has written for Look Up Records (Seattle), and Deep Overstock: The Bookseller’s Journal. He also hosts the podcast & Publishing House, The Poet Heroic, and manages the digital magic space The Healers Coven.
He also showcases his psychedelic makeup skills as the phenomenal drag queen Tabitha Acidz.
Find more at: www.timothyarlissobrien.com