There was an arms race in the desert. It was 2014, and teams were stockpiling weapons...

“Richard's work represents equal parts reverence for and referendum on masculinity, these impossible benchmarks…

Watch Richard and author Mark Powell discuss his novel, Lioness (West Virginia University Press 2022)

“When I sit down and write, I usually think, “Where would I like to be for a long time?” and the answer then was the sandhills. I used to drive out to the sandhills a lot, to get out of my car and stand there…”

“He’s 27, he’s seen his share of America from a bus seat, he’s 150 pages into his life’s work and he has a backup plan. ‘If nothing really pans out, I can always go to grad school,’ Stock said…”

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-Richard