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Story Hour & Other Stories
10 fine stories by this seasoned fiction writer, all set in the urban Heartlands of America....
"In Story Hour, Robert Flanagan tells masterfully rendered, hard-edged tales of the tough lives of men and women struggling to get by on the edges of America's heartland. Not a word rings false in this unsparingly honest collection. These stories bring to mind those wonderful, spare Springsteen songs about characters who make the wrong decisions and pay the price."
~Ronald K. Fried, author of MY FATHER'S FIGHTER
"In Story Hour, Robert Flanagan tells masterfully rendered, hard-edged tales of the tough lives of men and women struggling to get by on the edges of America's heartland. Not a word rings false in this unsparingly honest collection. These stories bring to mind those wonderful, spare Springsteen songs about characters who make the wrong decisions and pay the price."
~Ronald K. Fried, author of MY FATHER'S FIGHTER
124 pages, Paperback
First published December 30, 2013
About the author
Robert Flanagan
7 booksRobert Flanagan (1941–) is an author and playwright. He was the Director of Creative Writing at Ohio Wesleyan University for 30 years before retiring to write full time.
Flanagan joined the U.S. Marine Corps reserve shortly after high school, and went through boot camp at Parris Island. After leaving the service, he received his B.A. from the University of Toledo and his M.A. from the University of Chicago.
Flanagan's fiction has been collected in anthologies such as The Norton Book of American Short Stories, Best Ohio Fiction, and Ohio Short Fiction. His first book, "Maggot," about his experience in the military. He has also published five chapbooks of poetry.
Flanagan is the author of the full-length plays "Jupus Redeye" and "Volleys."
Flanagan joined the U.S. Marine Corps reserve shortly after high school, and went through boot camp at Parris Island. After leaving the service, he received his B.A. from the University of Toledo and his M.A. from the University of Chicago.
Flanagan's fiction has been collected in anthologies such as The Norton Book of American Short Stories, Best Ohio Fiction, and Ohio Short Fiction. His first book, "Maggot," about his experience in the military. He has also published five chapbooks of poetry.
Flanagan is the author of the full-length plays "Jupus Redeye" and "Volleys."
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