MICHAEL JOSEPH FLANAGAN
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional Writing Experience
Freelance Writer (Memphis, TN) January 2008-present Editorial Intern
The Memphis Flyer (Contemporary Media), 2007-2008. Editorial Intern
The Church Health Reader (formerly HopeandHealing.org) The Church Health Center; Memphis, TN. 2010.
Principal Areas of Expertise
Creative Writing (emphasis on Fiction)/ Journalism and Feature Writing/ Reading & Research/ English Composition/ Rhetoric & Analysis/ Editing/ Social Media
Publications
News & Feature Articles
“Playing for Pitchers” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Dude, Where’s My Cataletic Converter” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Coming to America” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Block Party” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Q&A: Susan Schadt” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Hometown Brew” Memphis Flyer, September 2007
“Best of Memphis” contributor, Memphis Flyer, October 2007
“VESTA on Hiatus” Memphis Flyer, October 2007
“A Fest First” Memphis Flyer, October 2007
“Painting the Town” Memphis Flyer, October 2007
“Birth Rights” Memphis Flyer, November 2007
“Greek Tragedy at Sea” Memphis Flyer, November 2007
“Finding Untold Stories” Memphis Flyer, November 2007
“All the Town’s a Stage” Memphis Flyer, November 2007
"Making Room for 2008" (cover feature) Memphis Flyer, December 2007
"Labor of Love" Memphis Flyer, August 2008
"Remembering Otha Turner" Memphis Flyer, August 2009
"Watchwords" Memphis Business Quarterly, Winter 2010
"Foote Homes" (unpublished) Memphis Flyer Fall, 2012
"The Heart of the Delta" Memphis Magazine, June 2013 Business Writing
The Danse Blog:
“3D Animation: Entering the Future,” 2012
“Google Glass,” 2012
“Training in on Solutions,” 2012
“Kinecting the Dots,” 2012
“Curiosity Rover,” 2012
“The Face of Medical Illustration,” 2012
“Flight Simulators: The Wild Blue Yonder for Interactive 3D” 2012
“Family Night 2.0” 2012
“Augmented Reality” 2012
Backbeat Tours:
“Memphis Mojo Chronicles: Saying Thank You: Veterans Day 2013” 2013
“Memphis Mojo Chronicles: A Quirky History of Memphis Baseball” 2014
“Memphis Mojo Chronicles: A Visit to the Memphis Tattoo Arts Convention” 2014
“Memphis Mojo Chronicles: Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge” 2014 Writing in Process
Far Afield (personal blog) 2012-present
Fiction
So Various, So Beautiful, So New, 2013 (unpublished novella) The Island of Patmos, 2014 (unpublished novella)
The High Water Mark, 2017 (unpublished novella)
Nonficiton
The 150th: America's Never-ending Civil War, 2010-2016 (unfinished nonfiction novel) Screenplays & Scripts
The Memphis Weekend, 2016 (unpublished screenplay) Christmas in Ardenville, 2016 (unpublished radio drama) The Promised Land, 2015-2019 (Television series in development) Presentation and Speaking Engagements
Spillit Memphis
“Cape Flanagan” (October 2013)
“Cecile” (February 2013)
Backbeat Tours
“A Few Things About Memphis” (March 2014)
Pecha Kucha, Crosstown Arts Memphis
“Bus Stops in Memphis” (September 2012)
“The Confederate Lost Cause” (March 2013)