The chief architect for the 2010 Collins Poetry Residency is Ryan Collins (son of Richard Collins), a 2009 poet-in-residence for Quad City Arts, whose residency design served as the model for MWC's Collins Poetry Residency. We are indebted to Ryan's generosity and continued support of community-based poetry.
Ryan Collins resides in Rock Island, Ill., and is the author of the chapbook, Complicated Weather (Rocktown Press 2009). His poems have appeared in many journals and magazines, most recently Greatcoat, Sentence, and Third Coast. He teaches college English and leads various writing workshops for Quad City Arts, the Moline and Bettendorf Public Libraries, and the Midwest Writing Center. Ryan also serves on MWC's Board of Directors.(photo by River Cities' Reader)
