Ryan Drag is a poet and musician currently residing in New York.
Writing with an interest in Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Surrealism, and Beat, his work can be read through a transcendentalist and symbolic lens. He experiments mainly with free verse and traditional sonnets to reach what Rimbaud referred to as “Illuminations.”
His work has appeared in various publications (print and digital), including Love Love Magazine (Paris, France), Moof Magazine (London, UK), POSTmortem (Mad Gleam Press, Brooklyn & Paris), Sometimes Magazine (US), Alt Citizen (US), Bilingual Literary/Art Journal (Mexico City), and Denim Skin (US).
Drag’s first book, MAGNET, is a poetry collection published by Coyote Blood Press/Paradisiac Publishing.
He also performs and composes for the psych band Heavy Birds.
Ryan earned a BA in Arts/English from UMass Amherst and an MFA in Poetry from Lindenwood University.
He currently teaches ELA in Latham, NY.
Description of MAGNET: click to purchase MAGNET
MAGNET by Ryan Drag is a collection of lyrical verses dedicated to the exploration of one’s subconscious mind. The focus of these poems is not on traditional form but on daily meditations on life and death, metaphysics, the crow man and sirens, politics, nerve stimulation, and above all else the existence and feeling of love. This collection is in rhythm with New York City, a pulse that propels a writer to the streets to capture the sound and language of a diverse society. Drag’s voice is raw, vulnerable, and wild. In short, these poems are meant to entertain, provoke, and evoke moments of inebriation and freedom.
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