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Oblations
Nick Ripatrazone's Oblations marks the debut of a prose stylist whose muscular, compressed language defines praise anew. Ripatrazone's fisted, graceful words remind us that work, worship, games, and generational heritage form the heart of the American vernacular. Oblations is beautifully new, and Ripatrazone is enormously gifted. - JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
The 61 beautifully achieved pieces of Nick Ripatrazone's Oblations amount to nothing less than an act of praise, the kind of work that both J. F. Powers and Flannery O'Connor would be glad to know. An outstanding debut. - PAUL LISICKY
Rather than being lyrical, Nick Ripatrazone's prose poems, like all good narratives, are driven by the finely honed detail of character and place and situation. He writes short stories that are minimal in length, but wonderfully complete and rich and, above all, memorable. - GARY FINCKE
The 61 beautifully achieved pieces of Nick Ripatrazone's Oblations amount to nothing less than an act of praise, the kind of work that both J. F. Powers and Flannery O'Connor would be glad to know. An outstanding debut. - PAUL LISICKY
Rather than being lyrical, Nick Ripatrazone's prose poems, like all good narratives, are driven by the finely honed detail of character and place and situation. He writes short stories that are minimal in length, but wonderfully complete and rich and, above all, memorable. - GARY FINCKE
92 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2011
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About the author
Nick Ripatrazone
19 books40 followersNick Ripatrazone is the author of Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction (Fortress Press 2020) and Wild Belief: Faith in the Wilderness (Fortress Press 2021).
He is the Culture Editor for Image Journal, a Contributing Editor at The Millions, and a columnist for Literary Hub.
He has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Atlantic, Esquire, America, Commonweal, Christianity Today, The Sewanee Review, The Christian Century, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
He is the Culture Editor for Image Journal, a Contributing Editor at The Millions, and a columnist for Literary Hub.
He has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Atlantic, Esquire, America, Commonweal, Christianity Today, The Sewanee Review, The Christian Century, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
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