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Patrick O'Neil

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Fiction

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Patrick O’Neil is the author of the memoirs: ANARCHY AT THE CIRCLE K (Punk Hostage Press, 2022), GUN, NEEDLE, SPOON (Dzanc Books, 2015), and HOLD-UP (13e Note Editions, 2013). He is the co-author on two instructional writing manuals, WRITING YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY: HOW STORIES CAN SAVE OUR LIVES (Independent Press, 2021), with the author James Brown. And PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program's, THE SENTENCES THAT CREATE US: CRAFTING A WRITER'S LIFE IN PRISON (Haymarket Books, 2022). His writing has appeared in numerous publications including: Juxtapoz, Salon, The Fix, Decibel, and Razorcake. His novel, LA COUNTY - the first book in a trilogy of noir crime novels set in LA - is currently making the rounds for publication.

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Average rating: 4.39 · 333 ratings · 75 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gun, Needle, Spoon 4.37 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin 4.56 avg rating — 66 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Addiction Diaries: Stories of Darkness, Hope and All That Falls in Between by Anna David (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Introduction), Jennifer Lovely, Jacq Maren 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Your Way To Recovery: How Stories Can Save Our Lives by James Brown (Goodreads Author), Patrick O'Neil (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkness Before Light: 12 Writers on Addiction, Sobriety and Recovery (Volume 1) by Anna David (Goodreads Author), Kristen McGuiness, Lisa Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sensitive Skin #10 by Gary Indiana (Contributor), Drew Hubner (Contributor), Max Blagg (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold-Up 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sensitive Skin: : Selected Writing: 2016-2018 by Bernard Meisler, Bob Holman, Timothy Leary 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sensitive Skin #13 by Bernard Meisler (Editor), Max Blagg (Contributor ), Peter Blauner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patrick O'Neil made a comment on his review of Life Without Parole: Living in Prison Today " That's your response? How about if the book had been better I might have cared enough to "read more carefully." Catana wrote: "He was never released f ...more "
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“If a writer is not offending someone, then they are not doing their job.”
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“If a writer is not offending someone, then they are not doing their job.”
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“Only one thing’s sadder than remembering you were once free, and that’s forgetting you were once free. ”
― Leonard Peltier

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“Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.”
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“I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice.”
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City Lights Books is a landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.

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