Robert Flanagan

“Robert Flanagan is a writer of originality and force.” -- Alison Lurie, author of Real People and Foreign Affairs

“Robert Flanagan joins Tobias Wolff as one of my favorite contemporary American writers. -- Studs Terkel, author of Working and Will the Circle Be Unbroken

On this site you’ll find my selected works; a partial list of my published fiction and poetry and produced stage plays and screenplays; a personal background sketch; and a calendar of my readings, talks and workshops.

Also included on the site are a few complete works for your reading: "What He Learned in Boxing," an essay; "The Bear's Wife's Husband's Tale," a short story; "Reply To An Eviction Notice" and two other poems; as well as sample pages from plays and screenplays.

Quick Links (to the left on this page) will take you to other sites related to my work, and Events & Sales contains information on how to contact me and how to buy my books or videos or arrange for production of a stage play.

“Flanagan writes in an American voice that sings as well as speaks.” -- Hugh Nissenson, author of The Tree of Life and The Song of the Earth.

“Here is what readers have come to expect from Flanagan’s work: Superb humor. Drama done with passion, insight and honesty. Taut, compelling prose. And something more as well: A remarkable plumbing of the human spirit.” -- Annabel Thomas, author of Blood Feud and Stone Man Mountain

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Photos and layout
by Katy Flanagan

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First published
Friday the 13th
December, 2002

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ALL TEXT ON THIS SITE
COPYRIGHT 2002
ROBERT FLANAGAN