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W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry For a Beautiful Short Film About Running

W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry For a Beautiful Short Film About Running

Runner is a Classic, Unsung Piece of Mid-Century Filmmaking

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 14, 2017

Remembering the Great William Gass

Remembering the Great William Gass

"It must be epiphanous, yet remain an enigma."

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 8, 2017

Trying to Save the Lost Soul of College Sports

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

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

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 31, 2017

Boxing is Always in Crisis: On Joyce Carol Oates, Floyd Mayweather, and Conor McGregor

Boxing is Always in Crisis: On Joyce Carol Oates, Floyd Mayweather, and Conor McGregor

Nick Ripatrazone Revisits On Boxing 30 Years Later

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 25, 2017

On My High School Obsession with UFOs

On My High School Obsession with UFOs

The Enduring Power of the Roswell Narrative, 70 Years Later

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 5, 2017

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Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

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On the Importance of the Public School Novel, Right Now

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In Praise of the Great Thom Jones

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Remembering the Boisterous, Blue-Collar Fiction of an American Master

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The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

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A Former Nurse Brings Black Dog Books to Newton, New Jersey

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The Most Literary Book Ever Written About Bodybuilding

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William Giraldi on New Jersey and Writing A Memoir

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Oedipa Maas: Our Guide to Contemporary Paranoia

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The Ongoing Relevance of Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, 50 Years Later

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On Don DeLillo's Deep Italian-American Roots

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On the Rich Artful Paranoia of the Son of a Jesuit

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Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane, a Literary Friendship

Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane, a Literary Friendship

From the Great North to the Great West to the Great American Novel

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 28, 2016

Donald Trump, As Told By Shirley Jackson

Donald Trump, As Told By Shirley Jackson

What the Methodical, Sun-Filled Horror of "The Lottery" Tells Us About Ourselves

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 14, 2016

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