is not to be the biggest or toughest man in the prison
but to be the most affirming in his beliefs;
the birdman Robert Stroud studying birds in such a way that no one would ever want anything
to do with him.
Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, The Rye Whiskey Review, The Dope Fiend Daily, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.
