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Ron Riekki

Ron Riekki has been awarded a 2014 Michigan Notable Book, 2015 The Best Small Fictions, 2016 Shenandoah Fiction Prize, 2016 IPPY Award, 2019 Red Rock Film Fest Award, 2019 Best of the Net finalist, 2019 Très Court International Film Festival Audience Award and Grand Prix, 2020 Dracula Film Festival Vladutz Trophy, 2020 Rhysling Anthology inclusion, and 2022 Pushcart Prize. Right now, Riekki’s listening to Ace Enders’ “Over This” where he’s playing live in front of a truck.

By Ron Riekki

In class, we don’t talk about class issues

by Ron Riekki

We talk about other things, but not class
in class. I think in class we don’t talk
about class because the university has

Winter 2025

When I worked in the prison, it reminded me of the military, and

by Ron Riekki

when I worked in the military, it reminded me of the prison, and when I worked in the prison, I was surprised at how many inmates stabbed themselves. I thought they would stab each other, but they were united in the deaths of their nights, their tears, their dress, their laughter, their hornet-mouths, how they

Spring 2025

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