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Josh Ritter

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in Moscow, Idaho, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Mark Twain, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Albert Einstein, [a:Bruce Springst ...more

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Josh Ritter is a songwriter from Moscow, Idaho. His albums include The Animal Years and So Runs the World Away. Bright’s Passage was his first novel. He lives in New York.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Josh Ritter I deal with writer’s block by doing one of two things: either I write through it, putting words down on the page until one of them sticks, or I tell m…moreI deal with writer’s block by doing one of two things: either I write through it, putting words down on the page until one of them sticks, or I tell myself that I just don’t have anything important to say at that moment and maybe I would be more useful if I did the dishes. There’s no rule that says you have to always have something to say, and when you make up something just to speak, people get tired of you very fast. So sometimes it’s best just to keep mum. Actually, the third way, complaining a lot to significant others like family and friends, can sometimes be satisfying as well, and a healthier option than drinking.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Josh Ritter The idea for GGG came about out of a mixture of homesickness for Idaho, a curiosity about the landscape that I grew up in, and a love for the irascibl…moreThe idea for GGG came about out of a mixture of homesickness for Idaho, a curiosity about the landscape that I grew up in, and a love for the irascible voice of Weldon Applegate in my head. I loved his character and was always listening to things that he would say. I started writing them down, and that’s where the story came from. It’s a wild thing how separate Weldon feels from me, but that only made his pronouncements and predicaments seem all the more magical and fun.(less)

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Average rating: 3.62 · 5,674 ratings · 926 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bright's Passage 3.50 avg rating — 3,007 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All 3.76 avg rating — 2,664 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Following the Way of Wisdom Jesus: A 12-Week Guide into Peace and Subversion by Josh Ritter (Goodreads Author), Sharyl West Loeung it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una grande, gloriosa sfortuna 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of achievement 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Animal Years by Josh Ritter [2011] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“God can give or take away, Well who would make such an awful rule.”
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“Most of all: There's uncertainty in our lives. At night, you just have to go to sleep and have faith in the fairly large certainty that you'll wake up in the morning. Fear only has as much power as we give it space.”
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“It was the blue of the sky that caught him first: a rapturous, painfully pure spike of color that hooked his eyes like fish and reeled them upward into the heights.”
― Josh Ritter, Bright's Passage

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Which Josh Ritter album is your favorite?

The Animal Years

21 votes 37.5%

The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

13 votes 23.2%

Hello Starling

9 votes 16.1%

So Runs The World Away

8 votes 14.3%

The Beast in Its Tracks

3 votes 5.4%

Golden Age of Radio

2 votes 3.6%

Josh Ritter (Self-Titled)

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