{"id":242,"date":"2026-05-28T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:22:51","slug":"pams-poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"Pam&#8217;s Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<style>\n\/* Pam O'Brien page layout *\/\n\n.pam-profile {\n  display: flex;\n  gap: 32px;\n  align-items: flex-start;\n  margin: 30px 0 40px;\n}\n\n.pam-profile-photo img {\n  max-width: 260px !important;\n  width: 260px !important;\n  height: auto !important;\n  display: block !important;\n  border-radius: 12px;\n}\n\n.pam-profile-text {\n  flex: 1;\n}\n\n.pam-book-grid {\n  display: grid !important;\n  gap: 32px !important;\n  margin: 30px 0 40px !important;\n}\n\n.pam-featured-row {\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(220px, 260px)) !important;\n  justify-content: center !important;\n  gap: 48px !important;\n  margin-bottom: 48px !important;\n}\n\n.pam-outprint-row {\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(160px, 200px)) !important;\n  justify-content: center !important;\n  gap: 32px !important;\n}\n\n.pam-book {\n  text-align: center !important;\n}\n\n.pam-book img {\n  max-width: 180px !important;\n  width: 180px !important;\n  height: auto !important;\n  display: block !important;\n  margin: 0 auto 12px !important;\n  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);\n}\n\n.pam-featured-row .pam-book img {\n  max-width: 200px !important;\n  width: 200px !important;\n}\n\n.pam-book h3 {\n  font-size: 1.05rem;\n  margin: 8px 0 6px;\n}\n\n.out-of-print {\n  color: #6b7280;\n  font-style: italic;\n}\n\n.book-button {\n  display: inline-block;\n  background: #1f2a44;\n  color: #fff !important;\n  padding: 10px 16px;\n  border-radius: 6px;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  margin-top: 8px;\n}\n\n.book-button:hover {\n  background: #33415f;\n}\n.pam-featured-row .pam-book {\n  display: flex !important;\n  flex-direction: column !important;\n  align-items: center !important;\n}\n\n.pam-featured-row .pam-book h3 {\n  min-height: 70px !important;\n  display: flex !important;\n  align-items: center !important;\n  justify-content: center !important;\n  text-align: center !important;\n}\n.pam-featured-book {\n  max-width: 320px;\n  margin: 24px 0 40px;\n}\n\n.pam-featured-book img {\n  max-width: 260px !important;\n  width: 260px !important;\n  height: auto !important;\n  display: block !important;\n  margin-bottom: 12px !important;\n  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\n  .pam-outprint-row {\n    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(160px, 200px)) !important;\n  }\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n  .pam-profile {\n    display: block;\n  }\n\n  .pam-profile-photo img {\n    max-width: 220px !important;\n    width: 220px !important;\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n  }\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .pam-featured-row,\n  .pam-outprint-row {\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;\n  }\n}\n.return-home-wrap {\n  text-align: center;\n  margin: 50px 0 20px;\n}\n\n.return-home-button {\n  display: inline-block;\n  background: #1f2a44;\n  color: #ffffff !important;\n  padding: 12px 22px;\n  border-radius: 6px;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n\n.return-home-button:hover {\n  background: #33415f;\n  color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<section class=\"pam-profile\">\n  <div class=\"pam-profile-photo\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pam-preferred.jpg\" alt=\"Pam O'Brien\">\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pam-profile-text\">\n    <h1>Pam O&#8217;Brien<\/h1>\n\n    <p>Pam&#8217;s CV includes the well-earned titles of poet, professor emerita and Associate Director of Public and Professional Writing \u2013 University of Pittsburgh, mentor, founder of First Friday Poets, and longtime member of the Salsbury Hill Poets, Chautauqua, NY, and the Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work includes chapbooks and full-length collections that explore memory, family, loss, aging, and the stories that shape a life.<\/p>\n\n    <p>Pam has influenced generations of writers through both her teaching and her poetry.<\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/squirrelhillpoets.org\/obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pam O&#8217;Brien at Squirrel Hill Poets<\/a><br>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.english.pitt.edu\/straightforward-just-pam-tribute-retiring-ppw-faculty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pittsburgh tribute to Pam O&#8217;Brien<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h2>Poetry Collections<\/h2>\n\n<p>The following represent Pam O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s published poetry, spanning decades of work as a writer, teacher, and mentor.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pam-book-grid pam-featured-row\">\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Genealogy by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>Genealogy<\/em><\/h3>\n    <p><a class=\"book-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dosmadres.com\/shop\/genealogy-by-pam-obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy from Dos Madres Press<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pams-answer-book.jpeg\" alt=\"The Answer To Each Is The Same by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>The Answer To Each Is The Same<\/em><\/h3>\n    <p><a class=\"book-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dosmadres.com\/shop\/the-answer-to-each-is-the-same-by-pam-obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy from Dos Madres Press<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"pam-book-grid pam-outprint-row\">\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kaleidoscopes.jpeg\" alt=\"Kaleidoscopes by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>Kaleidoscopes<\/em><\/h3>\n    <p class=\"out-of-print\">Out of print<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Paper-dancing-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Paper Dancing by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>Paper Dancing<\/em><\/h3>\n    <p class=\"out-of-print\">Out of print<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Acceptable-Losses-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Acceptable Losses by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>Acceptable Losses<\/em><\/h3>\n    <p class=\"out-of-print\">Out of print<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pam-book\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Just-That-Simple.jpeg\" alt=\"Just That Simple by Pam O'Brien\">\n    <h3><em>Just That Simple<\/em><\/h3>\n \n    <p class=\"out-of-print\">Out of print<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h2>First Friday Poets and <em>Tangled Threads<\/em><\/h2>\n\n<p>Pam O&#8217;Brien founded First Friday Poets, a poetry workshop whose members meet on the first Friday of each month to share work, offer critiques, and encourage one another&#8217;s creative growth.<\/p>\n\n<p>The group&#8217;s collaborative spirit culminated in <em>Tangled Threads: An Anthology<\/em>, a collection featuring the work of First Friday Poets members. 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