Nick Ripatrazone’s recent work has appeared in Saint Ann’s Review and McSweeney’s; his short story collection manuscript, Mustard, was a semifinalist for the 2008 Hudson Prize. He is pursuing an MFA from the University of Texas at El Paso, and is currently writing a novel.
2008 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest
Winter 2009
The Bearberry Elegies
Old lobster traps piled in the backyard near the bearberry. Mold had marked the wood blue-green, the color of bay tide at dusk. After a rainstorm I would lay with […]