Nick Ripatrazone is the culture editor for Image journal, a columnist for Lit Hub, and a staff writer for The Millions. He is the author of several books about literature and literary lives. In addition, his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Esquire, and elsewhere. His newest book, The Habit of Poetry: The Literary Lives of Nuns in Midcentury America, is out this year. He lives with his wife and twin daughters in New Jersey.