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Fiction Writer’s Review called Down in the River  "[d]ark and grisly … a novel that holds both popular appeal and deeper intellectual pleasures, one you can recommend to friends who read only an occasional Stephen King novel or those who read the most lauded literary fiction.”

Please check out this conversation in the Pittsburgh City Paper with author Ryan Blacketter about his 2015 novel Down in the River

Dunstan Thompson's new title Here at Last is Love: Selected Poems of Dunstan Thompson was recently reviewed in Image. Check out the review here.

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Ryan Blackletter, author of Down in the River, sits down with Joseph Peiser of Pittsburgh City Paper to discuss his writing projects and his move to Pittsburgh. Check out the article here.

Ryan Blacketter was interviewed by a leading authority on all things culture: Paste magazine. Ryan spoke with them about the inspiration for his haunting book Down in the River, the writing process, mental illness, and more. Check it out.

Paula Huston co-hosted a conversation with the authors of The Risk of Returning—another recent novel set in the same landscape as A Land Without Sin: revolutionary Central America. Paula, Rudy, and Shirley sat down to talk about why they were both pulled toward so many of the same themes, both political and religious. You can read their conversation at Books & Culture.

Boise Weekly interviews Ryan Blacketter about geographic restlessness, the dark seed of inspiration for Down in the River, teaching fiction to inmates, and more.

Ryan Blacketter made you a mixtape to accompany the reading of Down in the River. Check out (and listen to!) his compilation, which includes songs by REM, The Smiths, Johnny Cash, and more.

A Land Without Sin receives a warm review from Catholic Fiction. "Eva is an endearing character. Her wry observations on what’s going on around her are often very funny. Her cynicism felt authentic, and it was interesting to watch her closed heart open just enough to give the impression that her own faith journey is far from over."