Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work has been published both in print and online in such places as: The New York Quarterly, Rusty Truck, Evergreen Review, Red Fez, Horror Sleaze Trash and The Blue Collar Review. He enjoys listening to the blues and cruising down the TransCanada in his big blacked out truck. He has written at least 26 poetry books. In the following two interviews, he discusses his books and writing process.
Canvas Rebel
Ryan Quinn, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
I was ten years old and I had just moved to a new house/school across town. I had only been at the new school a week or two, when we were asked to recite a poem for the class. Everyone went to the grade school library to find a poem to recite (plenty of Casey at the Bats). For some reason, I wrote my own poem instead. I have no idea why. Like everyone else, I was insanely nervous. The teacher drew from a hat and I was chosen to read second. They enjoyed the poem so much, that I was asked to perform it for all the other classes in the school. I was also asked to perform it for the Kiwanis Lions Club of community leaders and it was published in book form in the school library, as well as the local newspaper. I was very nervous and hated performing the poem, but I really did enjoy the creation process and that is what started me down the path of writing even though I had no idea what that would really entail so many decades on.
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