Selected Reviews, etc., of Horses All Over Hell and Down in the River

Selected interviews and reviews:

Pittsburgh's City Paper "Arts Feature" Interview:
https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/cp-catches-up-with-newly-arrived-novelist-ryan-blacketter/Content?oid=1851057


Paste Magazine's interview with Ryan Blacketter: "The human story is a fairly dark one with painful and dangerous impulses that we all have. And that's coupled with a fortress-like psychology that most people have, protecting them from the awareness of the fact that they are part of this human experience." https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/drinks-with/drinks-with-author-ryan-blacketter/



Fiction Writers Review: "What makes this novel so warm and heartbreaking despite its gruesome material is that all the characters are driven by their love and concern for each other." Click here to read the entire review: 

https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/down-in-the-river-by-ryan-blacketter/


The Rumpus: "[Down in the River] casts us deep into a haunting, crystalline forest of ice-lit trees, broken streetlamps . . . a place where a kind of inner wilderness has crept back through the city, where the lights of passing trains, the reflections of windows and the 'cry of night birds' appear intermittently like forms of meaningless chaos or secret signs." https://therumpus.net/2014/11/down-in-the-river-by-ryan-blacketter/ 

Praise for Horses All Over Hell (Available at Wipf & Stock).
“Horses All Over Hell is a heartbreaking new book from a master of modern American fiction.”
—Ernest Hilbert, author of Last One Out, book critic for Wall Street Journal. Dust jacket blurb.

“The eleven intricately woven short stories of Horses All Over Hell portray a family caught in an ever-deepening spiral of damage and despair while bound together by ties of love in a Western landscape that comes to life on the page. The deep flaws, the beauty, and the bravery of these richly imagined characters will linger with the reader long after the last page.”
—Mary Clearman Blew, author of Jackalope Dreams and Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin

Largehearted Boy. Presented here is the narrated playlist for Down in the River. http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2014/02/book_notes_ryan_5.html

Quivering Pen Review:
http://davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com/2014/10/slipping-into-skin-down-in-river-by.html

2021 interview with Ryan. NFreads is a compelling, if slightly industrial, outfit for interviews with people in all manner of professions, from scientists, detectives, paranormal investigators, and authors of all kinds.
https://www.nfreads.com/interview-with-author-ryan-blacketter/

"Horses" playlist at Largehearted Boy.
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2019/07/ryan_blacketter.html