Stories by Rick Rofihe

Snowsuit (from FATHER MUST) 2128 views
Though I'm NEVER Drunk, I'm ALWAYS Disorderly (memoir) 1907 views
Who In This Room Shared a Drink with Johnny Cash? (Memoir) 2324 views
Read Chinese (from The New Yorker) 1869 views
Me. You. Love. 1599 views
'My Mother Was My Sister' — Rejection Letter to a Young Writer (Memoir) 1368 views
Frederick (from Unsaid literary journal) 1301 views
My Kentucky Fried Ascension (Memoir) 2323 views
Elevator Neighbors (from The New Yorker) 1577 views
Locked in a Small-Town Cage with My Superheroes, and Having No Way to Get an MFA... (Memoir) 1376 views
Something About Ireland (from FATHER MUST) 1811 views
Jelly Doughnuts (from The New Yorker) 1542 views
Feeling Marlene (from OPEN CITY Magazine Number 16) 1822 views
My Almost-Clash with The Rolling Stones (Memoir) 1517 views
Quiet (from Grand Street literary journal) 1533 views
Satellite Dish (from The New Yorker) 1215 views
Scar 1723 views
Northeast of Eden (Memoir; Editor: Charlotte Curtis) 1177 views
A Lot of Things to Tell You (from FATHER MUST) 1204 views
TWEET for H #MELVILLE & W #FAULKNER (a poem) 1025 views
Yellow Dining Room (from The New Yorker) 1277 views
Chicagoo (from Swink literary journal) 1501 views
THE LIFE-GIVING DROP by Ivan Turgenev 2164 views
Tangenital 1348 views
Three Point Back (from epiphanyzine.com) 1184 views
IGGY (Iguana Iguana) — A Novel (Chapter) 1552 views
Boys Who Do the Bop (from The New Yorker) 1256 views
Cousin (from The New Yorker) 1323 views
Helen Says (from FATHER MUST) 1091 views
Born Here (from Grand Street literary journal) 1313 views
Break-up Bars (A Recipe...) 1477 views
Saturday Birthdays (from FATHER MUST) 1092 views
Father Must (from The New Yorker) 1235 views
Six Quarters (from Grand Street literary journal) 1180 views
Australia (from slushpilemag.com) 1192 views
Eidetic (from OPEN CITY Magazine Number 16) 1548 views
Please Come to Boston? (Memoir) 1531 views
How I Invented the Designer Jean in 1968 (Memoir) 1688 views
Carmen (from The New Yorker+ a Jimmy Breslin "afterword" from Newsday) 1779 views
The Bowery Scene (Memoir, 1981; edited by Charlotte Curtis) 1051 views

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Rick Rofihe

Location	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Writer; Editor & Publisher; Teacher.
Website	http://www.anderbo.com

About Me

I -- https://twitter.com/RickRofihe -- started Anderbo Books in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1971; it was my second publishing company. It continues today as http://www.anderbo.com with me as Publisher & Editor-in-Chief and has a great group of online editors working on it. I also started Open City Magazine's short story contest at http://opencity.org/the-rrofihe-trophy -- now at http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fee-rrofihe-trophy2015.html -- and was an advisor to the Vilcek Foundation for their 2011 prizes in the field of literature. As a writer, I'm mostly known for my nine New Yorker magazine short stories acquired by The New Yorker in a 3-year period, all edited by Pat Strachan http://www.anderbo.com/bop9.html -- you can hear Anne Fiero read the third one at http://www.annecammon.com/audio/Rofihe_Satellite_Dish.mp3 -- but my nonfiction pieces such as the two on http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/author/rick-rofihe and the ones on anderbo such as http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/afact-013.html are also important to me, as is my book of short stories, FATHER MUST (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Editor: Jonathan Galassi; Agent: Gail Hochman; Book and Cover Design: Cynthia Krupat; Publicist: Helene Atwan.) http://blog.fictionaut.com/2009/05/23/rediscovered-reading-father-must-by-rick-rofihe/ Reviews for it are at http://www.anderbo.com/bop9.html and my Poets & Writers Directory listing is at http://www.pw.org/content/rick_rofihe My latest print-only publication is in Open City Books' THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/1225541-open-city-s-greatest-hits-edited-by-thomas-beller-joanna-yas

Why do you write?

Anatole Broyard said that writers write against injury. In 1977 Elvis Costello said he was motivated by revenge and guilt. All nine of my stories in The New Yorker magazine were written that way... http://www.anderbo.com/bop9.html

Any favorite authors? Books?

1. Herman Melville: MOBY-DICK; and, BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER.

2. Carl Barks (He was the "good duck artist" for Disney comic books, mostly Uncle Scrooge.
http://outducks.org/

3. & 4. Edmund Carpenter: OH WHAT A BLOW THAT PHANTOM GAVE ME
http://mediatedcultures.net/phantom/home2.html and,
with Ken Heyman, THEY BECAME WHAT THEY BEHELD.
http://roski.usc.edu/assets_c/2009/02/bandit_theybecame.html

5. Bernard Rudofsky: NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO EAT.
http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2007/10/slip-on-a-shear.html

6. Jonathan Richman: JONATHAN RICHMAN SONGBOOK
http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Richman-Songbook/dp/1423456629

7. Billy Button: I MARRIED AN ARTIST
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6123618M/I_married_an_artist.

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Donal Thompson – Aug 31, 2010

Thanks for the invitation Rick. I love this place. I want to kick off my shoes and check out its record collection.

Carol Reid – Jul 02, 2010

Hi Rick, glad you liked my butterfly story. Your Canadian roots run much deeper than mine! I wasn't quite born here, but I've lived on the west coast for almost my entire life.

George LaCas – Jun 22, 2010

Sure, Rick. I like the piece, the numbered items in it, with snakes forming a kind of thematic backbone, if you will.

Sara – May 03, 2010

my pleasure. it's a real treat having you here. looking forward to more.

Darryl Price – Mar 23, 2010

I love that someone has the decency and guts to mention Carl Barks. I'm glad you're here. Welcome aboard.

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