Bottom Dog Press, Inc.         

Robert Flanagan was born in Toledo, Ohio, where he once worked as a dishwasher, night watchman, and janitor. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and graduated from the Universities of Toledo and Chicago. For three decades he taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and is a published poet (Reply to an Eviction Notice), produced playwright (Jupus Redeye), as well as a short story writer (Naked to Naked Goes and Loving Power) and a novelist. His forthcoming novel Champions is set in Toledo’s hard luck world of boxers and comics. A lifelong boxing fan, he earned his detached retinas sparring in local gyms. He and his wife Katy had two daughters and lived in Delaware, Ohio, until his passing on June 16, 2020.

Robert Flanagan

(Bob) 

Author and Friend

(1943-2020)

Early on Bob was an inspiration and a guide on the development of Bottom Dog Press as a small press publisher. He shared 4 books with us over the years and worked to make each a success. He believed in the work, as did we. Here are the books we did together.

*Click on book cover for more information  on the book and its purchase page. He lives on in his writing.