Location
Illinois Quad Cities

Bio
Ryan Collins has worked as a video store clerk, literary magazine lackey/editor, political canvasser, paraprofessional, writing consultant, arts administrator & haberdasher. He has a BA in English from the University of Iowa & an MFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago. His work has been published (in print & online) or is forthcoming in AMERICAN DRIVEL REVIEW, THE BENEFACTOR, BLACK CLOCK, BOXCAR POETRY REVIEW, CAFFEINE DESTINY, CLEMENTINE, COLUMBIA POETRY REVIEW, CRANKY, DISLOCATE, HECALE, KEEP GOING, LUNGFULL!, SENTENCE (w/ Erin M. Bertram), SUB-LIT, THIRD COAST, THE 2RIVER VIEW, VERSE DAILY, WORD RIOT & other places. Currently he works for two arts non-profits: the Midwest Writing Center & Quad City Arts, where he is the managing editor of the literary magazine BUFFALO CARP. He also works as the Director of Inter-league Affairs & writes reviews for Slurve, the literature & arts review that masquerades as a baseball publication (www.slurvemag.com). He plays drums in the Chicago-based rock outfit The Prairie Spies (www.theprairiespies.com). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He currently lives in the Illinois Quad Cities.