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Young Writers Need to Believe Their Stories Matter
Nick Ripatrazone on the Power of Praise
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Nick Ripatrazone
| March 26, 2018
Jamie Quatro: How Should a Christian Writer Be?
The author of
Fire Sermon
on God, sex, and Evangelical America.
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Nick Ripatrazone
| January 9, 2018
W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry For a Beautiful Short Film About Running
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is a Classic, Unsung Piece of Mid-Century Filmmaking
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| December 14, 2017
Remembering the Great William Gass
"It must be epiphanous, yet remain an enigma."
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| December 8, 2017
Trying to Save the Lost Soul of College Sports
In Conversation with the Author of
Champions Way
By
Nick Ripatrazone
| November 1, 2017
Where Are the Likes? Coming to Terms with Being a Writer on Social Media
When News of Publication Garners Way More Attention Than the Writing Itself
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Nick Ripatrazone
| August 31, 2017
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| August 25, 2017
On My High School Obsession with UFOs
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Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?
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Moving Beyond the Prep School Canon
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30 Years Later, Scorsese Makes His
Silence
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In Praise of the Great Thom Jones
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The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore
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Nick Ripatrazone
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The Most Literary Book Ever Written About Bodybuilding
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, 50 Years Later
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On Don DeLillo's Deep Italian-American Roots
On the Rich Artful Paranoia of the Son of a Jesuit
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| May 3, 2016
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