CONTACT:
Robert Flanagan
181 North Liberty St.
Delaware, OH 43015
740-369-4820
rflanaga@​columbus.rr.com

Island Writers' Retreat, 2009

READINGS,TALKS & WORKSHOPS


Robert Flanagan has been a visiting writer and workshop leader at numerous colleges, universities, libraries and civic organizations. Besides reading from his fiction and poetry, or serving as guest playwright for a production of one of his stage plays, he gives talks on topics such as:

VOICE IN FICTION

EXPECTATION AND SURPRISE IN POETRY

THE VOICE WITHIN US RISES UP: LISTENING TO YOUR MUSE

IRISH HISTORY IN POETRY AND SONG

SPEECH, SCENE, SEQUENCE, SPINE: STRUCTURE IN SCREENPLAY


His visits have been successful and his fees are reasonable. Contact him via the QUICK LINKS E-Mail listed below.

Quick Links

BEEHIVE BOOKS
Great local shop stocking all my works.
THE DELAWARE COUNTY LIBRARY
A terrific library with an extensive collection ( it has my books!) and very helpful staff, which sponsors many programs, including local writers' readings.
BOTTOM DOG PRESS
Great source for Ohio poetry and fiction.
AMAZON.COM
FICTION: Loving Power, Maggot, Naked to Naked Goes, Three Times Three; POETRY: Body Home, The Full Round, Not for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, On My Own Two Feet, Reply to an Eviction Notice
WARD CANADAY CENTER at University of Toledo(Flanagan papers)
Click link, then click "open" to view description and list of my manuscript and letter collection.
sevenhillsroad, professional photography
Nora Flanagan of sevenhillsroad took all the photos for REPLY and most of the others on this website.
swiftwarning films
Search You Tube for swiftwarningfilms and check out Sheldon Gleisser's "David Mamet's Godzilla," "JFK Meets Bigfoot," "Rocky VI" and "Xada: Jewish-American Warrior Princess," all of which I co-wrote and act in -- along with my professional actress daughter Anne as Xada.
The International Boxing Hall of Fame
The IBHOF museum houses an excellent archive of boxing literature, including some of my boxing book reviews and short stories.
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Events & Sales

EVENTS


RECENT READINGS

Beehive Books, Delaware, Ohio
Wednesday, July 15, 7:15 P.M.
A reading from REPLY TO AN EVICTION NOTICE

The Island Writer's Retreat, Lake Erie
July 31st-August 1st
Poetry reading and workshops on poetry and on screenwriting.

Delaware County Library, Delaware, OH,
Wednesday, Sept 9, 7:15 P.M.
A reading from REPLY

THE LIT, Cleveland, OH
Saturday, Sept 26, 7:00 P.M.
Book launch and reading from REPLY

COLUMBUS POETRY FORUM
Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH
Monday, October 12, 7:00 P.M.,
A reading from REPLY

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
The Bayley Room, Beeghly Library
Delaware, OH
Tuesday, October 20, noon
A reading of new poems and from REPLY

CENTRAL OHIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
"The Music of Poetry, the Poetry of Music."
A presentation & discussion at the Delaware County Library with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner in connection with COSO's Orchestra's performance of his work "Chasing Light."
April 31, 2010








SALES


ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND HANDLING.
ALLOW 7-10 DAYS FOR DELIVERY.



REPLY TO AN EVICTION NOTICE, Selected Poems, trade paper, 104 pp, Bottom Dog Press, autographed, $15.00







LOVING POWER, a novella and six stories, trade paperback, 152 pp, Bottom Dog Press, autographed, $10.00







MAGGOT, best-selling USMC novel, hard to find mass market paperback, various copies -- some used -- from novel's 12 printings, 270 pp, Paperback Library and Warner Books, autographed, $20.00







NAKED TO NAKED GOES, nine stories, hardcover, 193 pp, Scribner, autographed, ($35.00)







JUPUS REDEYE, stageplay, two act comedy, paperback, 133 pp, Boru Books, autograped, $7.50







DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLA AND OTHER COMEDIES, DVD, six short comic films. You'll laugh, you'll cry, one or the other, or maybe both. $7.50











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ALL TEXT ON THIS SITE
COPYRIGHT 2009
ROBERT FLANAGAN

SELECTED WORKS

FICTION
MAGGOT
A hard-hitting, best-selling novel about U.S. Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island.
NAKED TO NAKED GOES
Prizewinning collection of stories about the war between men and women, praised by reviewers nationwide.
LOVING POWER
Stories filled with conflict and comedy, well reviewed by the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio Writer.
ESSAY
WHAT YOU LEARNED IN BOXING
A brief personal essay on amateur boxing.
SELECTED REVIEWS
Three Book Reviews
STAGE PLAY
JUPUS REDEYE
A two act dramatic comedy with occasional music set in 1912 in Liberty Center, Ohio.
VERSION 2.0
A scientist comes to see his invention, a Humanoid Automated Reconnaissance Body, as a difficult "teenage son."
SCREENPLAY
DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLA
The wise guys who insured property in Godzilla's path try to weasel out of the deal.