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Ryan Collins is the author of four chapbooks, most recently Remote Viewing (DUSIE/Rock Town Press, 2014) and Dear Twin Falls (H_NGM_N, 2013). Recent poems have appeared in Ampersand Review, Asymptote, Big Bell, H_NGM_N, Pretty LIT, VERSE Online, and other places. He is an English Instructor at St. Ambrose University and the Executive Director of the Midwest Writing Center, both in Davenport, IA. He also curates the SPECTRA Poetry Reading Series in Rock Island, IL, where he lives.

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Rock Island :: Sunset

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From a family photo album:Carl Sandburg at a re-enactment of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 10/6/58

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The best mail: Ed Roberson. #hardcover

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What a terrific bunch of humans! They all killed it tonight! So proud & honored to have worked with such tremendous people. Hope many of them return for our 10th summer/the 10th issue of THE ATLAS. Propers! #yewcrew14

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#hermanos

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There are no words for how much im gonna miss seeing this car & its owner around the QC... @thatkidwhodraws #pals #qcdbs

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QC Planet Con w/ the best people @f_o_r_d @thatkidwhodraws

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My brother, the photographer. #fordphotography

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River Dr. is still a river you can't drive on...

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Sunday hatrack #popehat #mitresofinstagram

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#tbt t-shirt version. Representing the original QC writing conference my uncle helped foster for many years @ Augustana. Many years, and on the other side of the river now at SAU, his vision continues... #MWC #quadcities

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Falstaff w/ pen.

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Honored to be a part of my oldest friend's wedding today. Even more honored to be reading a poem I wrote for the beautiful couple during the ceremony. These are some of the best people I've ever been fortunate enough to know & I cannot wish them enough of the best. Here's to always Meg & Kenny. Today in Cambria, love is the news...

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Church w/ The Mountain Goats. Waiting for the service...

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First fire of 2014. Small but mighty. #nofilter

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This is what my classroom looks like when I get there AN HOUR EARLY. This is truly a first...

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Finally! Looking pretty & just in time for Mission Creek. Ain't no foolin'... #dusiekollektiv #rocktownpress #remoteviewing (at Quad City Press)