Oblations, Nick’s debut book of prose poems, is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tower Books, and selected bookstores.
The Story Prize covered the release reading for Oblations at their blog.
“The people studied in this collection are, at different points, idiosyncratic, selfish, transcendental, misguided, eccentric, gifted, malformed, unwell, immoral, and even, in some respects, immortal—but whatever they are, they are genuine about their motivations. They see their lives as landscapes to converse with, to conquer and be conquered by in turn. And, most importantly, they live outside the book and emerge within it. They are "authentic"—a word that typically eludes definition but which, after reading Oblations, becomes entirely clear.”
Oblations is reviewed at The Collagist!
Newsweek’s Andrew Sullivan called Nick’s POW/MIA essay “a touching remembrance.” Read the full essay here.
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Nick Ripatrazone
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