"Reflected in the pursuit of creative outlets found in the view of Terman's Genetic Studies of Genius, that the 'laws of nature are correlative, not compensatory', that good things go together...Gregory O'Toole can be likened to the Niagara Falls, beautiful to behold but also harnessed to light up the city of Buffalo and environs."
-Walter S. Nosal, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, John Carroll University
"It seems like there are lots of us right now, thinking people, on a quest to unplug the stopped up hole of what is right and weird in this world, what should be allowed thru..."
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"Once again, Greg has made me laugh, made me cry, and made me think about what is truly important in this life. I pull this book out when I want to feel inspired, and I suggest that others do the same." -MediaGab.com
"...O'Toole has received awards for his work from the National Endowment for the Arts and from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago."
-Chicago Sun-Times on the 2005 Chicago Poetry Festival
"This is a collection that understands. The poems seem to have been written by the protagonist of a favorite novel with whom you most identify. All the experiences and ideas and opinions and conclusions and all the other wonderful occurances of literature that defy words within this book often seem to be echoes of your own mind, slightly filtered through the like-mind of a good friend." -Sam Compton, Editor,
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The nightlife, street people, cafes, galleries, theatres, snowfall, and beebop rifraff antics of life in Denver is depicted with rhythmic spontaneity in this set of thirty-five new poems.
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