@ryanridge
Writer: Climate Strange @astrophilpress, New Bad News @sarabandebooks, OX @altcurrent. Bass: @thesnarlinyarns
Miracle Monocle: Three Monster Index Haunts
Miracle Monocle: Three Monster Index Haunts
DREAM LAKE The long-lost twins sat on the hood of a sunken Cybertruck, silent and still in the crushing cold below the frozen lake. Their long red locks
Preorder Climate Strange: Absurdist Tales
Preorder Climate Strange: Absurdist Tales
The End Is Always Pending: Junah Review
The End Is Always Pending: Junah Review
By Ryan Ridge
Human Highlight Reels: Sean Ennis's Review
Human Highlight Reels: Sean Ennis's Review
By Ryan Ridge
Animated Profundity: Kit Schluter Review
Animated Profundity: Kit Schluter Review
Hit Return: A Short Story by Ryan Ridge
Hit Return: A Short Story by Ryan Ridge
From the Magazine
Finding Poetry in News: Ashton Politanoff Interview
Finding Poetry in News: Ashton Politanoff Interview
By Ryan Ridge
Ashley Farmer: Life & Writing Conversation
Ashley Farmer: Life & Writing Conversation
10 Must-Read Books of 2020
10 Must-Read Books of 2020
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VLAD MAG #4: Bone Thugs Part Two & Harmony
VLAD MAG #4: Bone Thugs Part Two & Harmony
Dear Damage Book Launch
Dear Damage Book Launch
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Author Site
Author site
Poets & Writers Directory
Poets & Writers Directory
Ryan Ridge is the author of four chapbooks and five books, including most recently the story collection New Bad News (Sarabande Books, 2020). He has received the Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction, the Linda Bruckheimer Prize in Kentucky Literature, and the Kentucky Writers Fellowship for Innovative Writing from the Baltic Writing Residency. His work has been featured in American Book Review, Denver Quarterly, Moon City, Passages North, Post Road, Salt Hill, Santa Monica Review, and Southwest Review, among other venues. A graduate of the University of Louisville and the MFA Programs in Writing at UC Irvine, he is an assistant professor at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, where he co-directs the Creative Writing Program. In addition to his work as a writer and teacher, he edits the literary magazine Juked. He lives in Salt Lake City with the writer Ashley Farmer and plays bass in the Snarlin' Yarns.
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NEW BAD NEWS
New Bad News
New Bad News
10 Small Press Story Collections You Might Have Missed
10 Small Press Story Collections You Might Have Missed
Some great small press story collections you may have missed this year.
‘New Bad News’ Upends the Familiar
‘New Bad News’ Upends the Familiar
Clever, offbeat, and experimental, Ryan Ridge’s “New Bad News” upends the familiar.
Kirkus Reviews the News
Kirkus Reviews the News
A collage of surrealistic short fictions that range from playful one-liners to Bukowski-tinged ruminations on life and death.
We Have to Get Comfortable Being Ourselves
We Have to Get Comfortable Being Ourselves
Ryan Ridge is the author of four chapbooks as well as five books, including the novella American Homes (University of Michigan Press, 2015). Ridge’s latest book, New Bad News, is out now from Sarab…
Conversation with Michelle Latiolais
Conversation with Michelle Latiolais
Tectonic Punchlines
Tectonic Punchlines
Death in California
Death in California
New Bad News Trailer
New Bad News Trailer
THE WEIRD YEARS
Three Days from THE WEIRD YEARS
Three Days from THE WEIRD YEARS
Microwaved Days
Microwaved Days
Three Days from the THE WEIRD YEARS
Three Days from the THE WEIRD YEARS
Mays Days
Mays Days
Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays
TRNSFR #7
TRNSFR #7
Weird Weeks
Weird Weeks
SECOND ACTS IN AMERICAN LIVES
Second Acts In American Lives
Second Acts In American Lives
AMERICAN HOMES
AMERICAN HOMES
AMERICAN HOMES
The Gravitas of the American Dream
The Gravitas of the American Dream
Review of Ryan Ridge's AMERICAN HOMES
Review of Ryan Ridge's AMERICAN HOMES
LAUREN FOSS GOODMAN in conversation with RYAN RIDGE
LAUREN FOSS GOODMAN in conversation with RYAN RIDGE
MUSIC
Yarns on KCRL, 9.23.22 @ 6 PM MTN
Yarns on KCRL, 9.23.22 @ 6 PM MTN
Exclusive: The Snarlin' Yarns Premiere Symbolic Video For 'Mermaid'
Exclusive: The Snarlin' Yarns Premiere Symbolic Video For 'Mermaid'
The Snarlin' Yarns "It Never Ends"
The Snarlin' Yarns "It Never Ends"
The Snarlin’ Yarns
The Snarlin’ Yarns
READINGS
Issue Launch Party: Santa Monica Review Presents
Issue Launch Party: Santa Monica Review Presents
Dire Literary Reading Series
Dire Literary Reading Series
City Art Reading Series
City Art Reading Series
The English Reading Series at BYU
The English Reading Series at BYU
Calvino Prize Reading
Calvino Prize Reading
INTERVIEWS
Greg Brownderville Interview
Greg Brownderville Interview
Currents Interview Vol.1
Currents Interview Vol.1
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