A collection of moving and tender poems that delves into questions of masculinity fatherhood home and learning to live in and love oneampamprsquos own body.ampampnbspIn his second fulllength poetry collection Chicagoborn poet Dan ampampldquoSullyampamprdquo Sullivan considers the male bodyampampmdashits momentum and privilege when moving through the world but also its softness and vulnerability. As the poems unfold and questions unravel the book challenges wider social systems that uphold patriarchal notions of masculinity seeking to achieve a new register of compassion of selflove.ampampnbspO Body is also a migration narrative navigating the physical distances between citiesampampmdashthe speakerampamprsquos movement between Chicago and his new home in Bloomingtonampampmdashand beyond that the expansive immeasurable distances within the self. Cityscapes come alive on the page and relationships bloom and deepen as Sully explores love fatherhood and family here traditional assumptions regarding masculinity and beauty are called into question through the speakerampamprsquos tenderhearted wondering.As more and more people awaken to the realization that the patriarchy oppresses people of all genders Sullyampamprsquos work in O Body offers a muchneeded narrative of that shifting perspective.