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“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

On One of America’s Great Poets, Gone at 84

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 10, 2025

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“Literature engages our concrete existence, with its innate tensions, desires and meaningful experiences...”

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 22, 2025

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Holocaust, 50 Years Later">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...”

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 18, 2025

A Close Reading of the Poetry of Val Kilmer

A Close Reading of the Poetry of Val Kilmer

Nick Ripatrazone Revisits the Work of a Wounded Heart

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 4, 2025

“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

“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

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2024

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

And the First Openly Gay Olympic Medalist Was a Poet

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 29, 2024

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Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 29, 2023

On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2023

On the Generative Nostalgia of Old Manuscripts

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 13, 2023

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Poetic Aspirations of American Presidents

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 10, 2023

Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Nick Ripatrazone Looks at Journals Dedicated to the Prose Poem

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 2, 2023

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Into the Journal Archives for Gass, Murdoch, Elkin, and More

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 3, 2023

Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Deep into the Literary Journal Archives

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 21, 2022

Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

The American Poetry Review, Pleiades, and The Hudson Review">Nick Ripatrazone Looks Back at The American Poetry Review, Pleiades, and The Hudson Review

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 29, 2022

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

“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

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 19, 2022

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Nick Ripatrazone on the Renowned Poet and the Wilderness He Loved

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 20, 2021

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