Nate Ragolia

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  • Brooklyn’s Spring Creek Sun reviews There You Feel Free

    My book, There You Feel Free, has been out for nearly two years now. That’s a long time and an especially long time in the book world. For that reason, among others, I feel so grateful and fortunate that the Spring Creek Sun, a Brooklyn, New York newspaper decided to review my book. You can get a…

  • Book Review: And Wind Will Wash Away by Jordan A. Rothacker

    As It Ought to Be have published another of my book reviews. This time I read and recommended Jordan A. Rothacker’s And Wind Will Wash Away, recently published by Deeds. You can check out the complete review at AIOTB. Toodle-oo.

  • NEW FICTION: The Most Interested Man in the World

    I dabbled in script/screenplay writing for this BONED entry. It’s a playful take on the Dos Equis commercials that can’t have escaped your notice. Hope you enjoy this whimsical little gag. – n. THE MOST INTERESTED MAN IN THE WORLD A SATIRICAL SKETCH IN 3 PARTS BY NATE RAGOLIA CC0 Public Domain via Pixabay [#1] A gray…

  • NEW FICTION: Finleymania

    Hey there! Here’s another original short story. This one’s a weird confluence of art, medicine, and madness. Originally published in BONED. Enjoy!  – n. FINLEYMANIA BY NATE RAGOLIA CC0 Public Domain The ceiling comprises sixty-four square tiles. Each tile has two-hundred and fifty-four dimples, except for the eight tiles that are occupied by light fixtures…

  • Book Review: Leonora Come Down by Agustin Aguilar

    That’s the opening paragraph of my book review of Agustin Aguilar’s Leonora Come Down. The review even includes portions of an interview I did with Aguilar last month. As It Ought To Be have published it in its entirety. I encourage you to check out the review, but also to read this book. It’s a remarkable…

  • Denver Lit Crawl!

    Come listen to me at the Denver Lit Crawl! on Team Tethered By Letters this Friday, September 2nd! I’ll be reading the poetic portion of There You Feel Free while shaking nervously. Get more info: https://litcrawldenver2016.sched.org/speaker/nate_ragolia.1vicdrg0

  • NEW FICTION: Bag of Bones – A Children’s Story

    For this original short story in BONED, I played with the children’s story genre. I hope you like it. – n. BAG OF BONES: A CHILDREN’S STORY BY NATE RAGOLIA Photo by Jorge Jaramillo via Flickr. Creative Commons: Some rights reserved.   On Monday, the young boy exits the school bus in the afternoon. He bounds down…

  • NEW FICTION: An Old Fashioned Love Story

    Hello again! More new fiction for you. This is another entry in the BONED short story project. Enjoy! – Nate AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE STORY BY NATE RAGOLIA Source: Wikimedia Commons – https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Greenway,_State_Route_5_vicinity,_Charles_City_vicinity_(Charles_City_County,_Virginia).jpg   Grandma June stands on the back porch, picking at peeling white paint on the railing. Hearing the tired jingle of the kitchen…

  • About Boulder puts me under the Artist Spotlight.

    Today, About Boulder ran a very kind profile/interview of me. It was great to talk to Rachel Busnardo about my work, process, and the value of literature. You can check out the article at the link below. I’m infinitely thankful to About Boulder for contacting me. – Nate   Artist Spotlight: The Many Artforms of…

  • NEW FICTION: Grand Finale

    Here’s another short story I wrote for BONED. Enjoy! GRAND FINALE BY NATE RAGOLIA Source: https://www.pexels.com/u/jarn/   “Are we really going to do this?” she asks, sitting on the edge of the bed. “Right now?” Standing before her, he loosens his tie and unbuttons his shirt, pacing. He gazes out the window as he passes it.…