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Nick Ripatrazone has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Paris Review and Esquire. His books include Ember Days, a collection of stories and Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction.

Arts & CultureBooks
Nick Ripatrazone
Joyelle McSweeney's 'Death Styles'—her 10th book across creative and critical genres—rewards our attention.
Arts & CultureBooks
Nick Ripatrazone
'Big Fiction' is a book full of cogent analysis, ambitious argument, juicy quotes from insiders and a demonstration of the central role of Catholics in American publishing.
Sister Maura Eichner and Sister Madeleva Wolff
Arts & CulturePoetry
Nick Ripatrazone
In mid-century America, nuns and sisters were writing poems, and publishing them in the nation’s finest publications.
Arts & CultureBooks
Nick Ripatrazone
Marshall McLuhan, the pop culture sage of the electronic world, spent the final days of his life with Frank Stroud, S.J.
 Father Paul Hill (Hamish Linklater) as Father Paul Hill in ‘Midnight Mass’ (photo: IMDB)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Nick Ripatrazone
“Midnight Mass” feels like a throwback to the world that received “The Exorcist” in 1973.
The funeral of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera (photograph courtesy of HBO)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Nick Ripatrazone
“The Art of Political Murder” reveals what happened when the government finally had enough of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera.
FaithFeatures
Nick Ripatrazone
A willingness to recognize the holiness of the ordinary might be the highest ideal of the solitary life.
Arts & CultureBooks
Nick Ripatrazone
If you think being a writer is nerve-wracking, try being a reviewer.
FaithFaith in Focus
Nick Ripatrazone
Bobcats, bears, foxes, hares, deer, raccoons, birds and the occasional coyote: Each day we capture wildlife on our trail camera, and my twin daughters continually become more entranced by animals.
Pictured from left: Mary Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C., Jessica Powers (Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit) and Madeline DeFrees (Mary Gilbert, S.N.J.M.) (photos: Saint Mary's College archives/Wikipedia/Madelinedefrees.com).
Arts & CulturePoetry
Nick Ripatrazone
In the mid-20th century, several women religious were writing and publishing ambitious poetry.