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Nathanael O'Reilly

Nathanael O'Reilly

About Nathanael O'Reilly

Nathanael O’Reilly was born in Warrnambool and raised in Ballarat, Brisbane and Shepparton. He now resides in Texas. He is the author of two chapbooks, Suburban Exile: American Poems (Picaro Press, 2011) and Symptoms of Homesickness (Picaro Press, 2010) and a recipient of an Emerging Writers Grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. His poetry has been published in journals around the world, including Antipodes, LiNQ, Blackmail Press, Harvest, Transnational Literature, Mascara Literary Review, Windmills, Postcolonial Text, Page Seventeen, White Leaf Review, and Red River Review.



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At the Hair Salon in Big Sandy, Texas

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Nathanael O'Reilly

A warm stomach rests on my arm. Breasts squish against my shoulder blades. Fingers fold back my ears, gently but firmly lift my chin. The clippers’ power cord tightens against my neck, stretches across to the outlet. Without my glasses, …

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Russian Daughters

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Nathanael O'Reilly

We stayed up all night with the daughters of Russian immigrants, lounging by the fire in hobo coats and corduroy trousers, listening to The Cure in the dark, talking until dawn, watching the sun rise over the bay. After sunrise, …

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