“Richard's work represents equal parts reverence for and referendum on masculinity, these impossible benchmarks. Richard's men succeed, too. They win the peace of letting a dream die or the relief of a grace-given second chance. They demonstrate that you can believe in something and it's opposite. You can love what formed you. The stakes could not be higher.”
-Eva Warrick, Mark Webster Reading Series (October 2021)
His first piece detailed a minor league bus trip in Kentucky.
“I was knocked out,” Agee said, calling Stock one of the two or three best students she has had. Stock was “entirely self-created,” and direct with his prose.”
- Sam McKewon, Omaha World Herald 2018
Interview w/ Mark Powell
Watch Richard and author Mark Powell discuss his novel, Lioness (West Virginia University Press 2022)
Interview with Chris Harding Thornton
“When I sit down and write, I usually think, “Where would I like to be for a long time?” and the answer then was the sandhills. I used to drive out to the sandhills a lot, to get out of my car and stand there…”
From Baseball to Novels, Former Husker Richard Stock Finds New Talent in Writing
“He’s 27, he’s seen his share of America from a bus seat, he’s 150 pages into his life’s work and he has a backup plan. ‘If nothing really pans out, I can always go to grad school,’ Stock said…”
