Biography and criticism of Wyoming novelist, poet, and professor Robert Roripaugh (b. 1930). “Over a period of fifty years he has written and published several short stories, two novels, numerous poems. . . , book reviews, and articles (most of them about literature). He has also given several public talks, mostly about the literature of Wyoming, and he has served for seven years as the states poet laureate.” Roripaughs books include A Fever for Living (1961, novel), Honor Thy Father (1963, novel), and The Ranch (2001, poetry).
