Vic­tor Ripp is the author of ​“Moscow to Main Street” ​“Piz­za in Pushkin Square” and ​“Turgenev’s Rus­sia”. His fic­tion has appeared in Ontario Review and Anti­och Review. He has taught at Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Vir­ginia. He lives in New Jersey.