https://www.rickborsten.com/home daily 1.0 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543028474157-B5H6CXKL7JWYPXNHYTBA/patrick-fore-381200-unsplash.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543028643070-TDE96FCXDTXCWQSEZB98/patrick-fore-381200-unsplash.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543902011185-O9E8BHODURIIFW5Y1DQI/freddy-castro-133326-unsplash.jpg Home https://www.rickborsten.com/novels daily 0.75 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1574452490549-S50SIV8P227ZBOD6EXCV/image-asset.jpeg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545607847320-U09QIWY42K0XTJHCHLUQ/rainbowrhapsody00bors.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545591029396-340QHF1L8JDMMGB804WM/typewriter-464746_1920%2B%25281%2529.jpg Novels https://www.rickborsten.com/about-the-author daily 0.75 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543029852952-0MVFWLOB8LKV0FF1PPYZ/image-asset.jpeg Author Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1549412643810-DGM1LJ808N843QZ06D93/IMG_0401.JPG Author Page - Visiting Iowa City, post-Writer's Workshop Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545608906454-QJTUF1PNY2NMX5CT9G9K/41935299_1083055808526842_1565941829126324224_n.jpg Author Page - Reading at a house show in Portland, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1549412719012-1CW7XP17LA0EVWQ70VNT/15370061_687288604769418_7269157285563966064_o.jpg Author Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543901177182-X6UZYAPR9X73N0L4CSQW/St.HelensAuthorPhoto.Helens.jpg Author Page - Birthday hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545608443308-FAB6WZI0RYEUIP2LNHSG/31655465_10100383820053508_6425048728654053376_o.jpg Author Page - Rick and family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543901209575-RL497TSKNWTSPAK8ZG8Q/Rick+with+Cold+One.jpg Author Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545608394640-MC1TWMR56701V7IUXN9N/41907802_119437512349372_6191665918095917056_o.jpg Author Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545611811977-NS3IJ12WG7U5EZ4DWQ1Z/typewriter-464746_1920%2B%25281%2529.jpg Author Page https://www.rickborsten.com/great-equalizer daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1577984053992-03N1FGVPFBYFFB8THSGX/Great%2BE.jpg The Great Equalizer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545590592273-53LKYRCRRTX8U04F2BNT/typewriter-464746_1920.jpg The Great Equalizer https://www.rickborsten.com/rainbow-rhapsody daily 0.75 2018-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1543899764602-I6SM7ZJ4MTFXA3EEJYKS/image-asset.jpeg Rainbow Rhapsody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545590592273-53LKYRCRRTX8U04F2BNT/typewriter-464746_1920.jpg Rainbow Rhapsody https://www.rickborsten.com/synopsis daily 0.75 2020-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1578072573803-ORD97HGRU5BGZO8G8CK2/stary-smok-BJ54pDm_Oqs-unsplash%252B%2525281%252529.jpg Synopsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1545591029396-340QHF1L8JDMMGB804WM/typewriter-464746_1920%2B%25281%2529.jpg Synopsis https://www.rickborsten.com/advance-praise daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1579127254098-RE4JYCSZFO5P1VM7JBVL/matyas-kozma-BQP9DtktsTs-unsplash.jpg Advance Praise - You’d think the topics of death, brain damage, amputation, phantom limb pain, PTSD, and addiction should, by all rights, add up to a grim and dark story. But in Rick Borsten’s compelling new novel his characters—particularly those with intellectual disabilities—are so authentic and engaging, their dialogue so wickedly funny, that light keeps bursting through cracks in the darkness. The possibilities—however slim—of wonder, love, and restoration never quite feel out of reach, so you’re soon cheering for the potential contained in every human heart. Gregg Kleiner, author of Where River Turns to Sky, Oregon Book Award Finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1579127444293-FLPVOTO3YFMIMHYWTUYD/dad%2Bexample%2Bbackground.jpg Advance Praise - I fell instantly in love with the people that inhabit Rick Borsten’s latest book, The Show Outside. Will Aikman is haunted by the accident that killed his parents and now struggles to care for his sister Zooey—disabled in the same car wreck—as well as for two developmentally disabled (and very funny) adults, Roland and Thora. When Will tries to add a third client and a part-time helper, the intriguing Daphne, their lives are further upended. If there’s a medicine that can heal Will and hold their extended family together, it might just be ‘the show outside.’ A moving and elegantly crafted novel. Charles Goodrich, author of A Scripture of Crows and Going to Seed, and editor of Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry In an Old-Growth Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/1579127386906-LPRO9ECPFDB1N3J4GB7Y/dad%2Bexample%2Bbackground.jpg Advance Praise - The Show Outside is a lovely novel, hilarious and moving, sexy and scary. The language is at times incandescent, and the characters—particularly those with developmental disabilities—lovable yet authentic, their idiosyncrasies and speech pure charm and delight. John Addiego, author of Islands of Divine Music and Tears of the Mountain https://www.rickborsten.com/kims-celebration-of-life daily 0.75 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/eac54b17-8ebc-4db2-b017-309993f0a0e5/Screenshot+2025-09-15+114619.png Celebration of Kim's Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf8b332266c07c1f759967c/2959b829-8afd-4c27-b12b-3467b8635ef5/Mom-carouselblurred.jpg Celebration of Kim's Life Kim Crane: November 1954 - August 2025