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Nick Ripatrazone

Nick Ripatrazone
Nick Ripatrazone is the culture editor at Image Journal, a contributing editor at The Millions, and a columnist at Lit Hub. He has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and Esquire. He lives in Andover Township, New Jersey, with his wife and twin daughters. His latest book, Longing for an Absent God, is available from Fortress Press.


The Most Literary Pope:
Requiescat in Pace, Francis

“Literature engages our concrete existence, with its innate tensions, desires and meaningful experiences...”
April 22, 2025  By Nick Ripatrazone
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On the Enduring Power of Charles Reznikoff’s Holocaust, 50 Years Later

“The scenes of Holocaust unfold in Eastern Europe, but Reznikoff seems to suggest they could happen anywhere...”
April 18, 2025  By Nick Ripatrazone
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A Close Reading of the Poetry of Val Kilmer

Nick Ripatrazone Revisits the Work of a Wounded Heart
April 4, 2025  By Nick Ripatrazone
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The Time a Couple Crazy Kids—Ford Madox Ford, Hemingway—Started a Journal in Paris

And It Was Almost Called “The Paris Review”
February 7, 2025  By Nick Ripatrazone
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“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

Nick Ripatrazone on the Great Poets Early Foray Into Darkness
October 31, 2024  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

And the First Openly Gay Olympic Medalist Was a Poet
July 29, 2024  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68

Nick Ripatrazone Recounts Jim Harrison’s Brief Tenure in the Halls of Academia
November 29, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

Nick Ripatrazone Considers the Poet's Close Encounters With the Supernatural
October 31, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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On the Generative Nostalgia of Old Manuscripts

Nick Ripatrazone Lets Go of an Old Story
September 13, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Poetic Aspirations of American Presidents
May 10, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Nick Ripatrazone Looks at Journals Dedicated to the Prose Poem
March 2, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Into the Journal Archives for Gass, Murdoch, Elkin, and More
February 3, 2023  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Deep into the Literary Journal Archives
December 21, 2022  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

Nick Ripatrazone Looks Back at The American Poetry Review, Pleiades, and The Hudson Review
November 29, 2022  By Nick Ripatrazone
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“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

Introducing a New Column in Which Nick Ripatrazone Reveals Treasures From the Back Issue Vault
October 19, 2022  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Revisiting the Infamous Hill Case in an Era of (More) UFO News and Government Secrets

Nick Ripatrazone on the Reissue of John G. Fuller's The Interrupted Journey
May 10, 2022  By Nick Ripatrazone
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How Marshall McLuhan Was the Patron Saint of Wired Magazine

Nick Ripatrazone on “the Rolling Stone of Technology” and the Half-Life of an Electronic Prophet
March 30, 2022  By Nick Ripatrazone
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Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Nick Ripatrazone on the Renowned Poet and the Wilderness He Loved
May 20, 2021  By Nick Ripatrazone
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8 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How I Teach High School English

Nick Ripatrazone Recommends Flexibility, Care, and Rest
May 5, 2021  By Nick Ripatrazone
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On the Emotional Complexity of Teaching in the Age of COVID

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to English Teacher Keith Leonard
March 24, 2021  By Nick Ripatrazone
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