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Kathleen Ripley Leo

Born: Chicago
Parents: Roy Ripley, Jane Ripley
Children: Mark, Joseph
Address(es):
42185 Baintree Circle
Northville , MI 48167
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.northville.lib.mi.us/NAC/krleo.htm
Phone : 248-349-4827
Email : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Familiar Ground Poetry Adult Eight Page Press 2003
The Circle is Assembled : Glass Poems Poetry Adult Northville, MI : Sun Dog Press 1994
The Old Ways
- Nominated for Pushcart Prize 		Poetry Adult Northville, MI : Sun Dog Press 1991
Town One South : Northville Poems Poetry Adult Northville, MI : Northville Arts Press 1988
Waiting for the Apples : Poems and Prose by Young Michigan Writers
- Edited by Kathleen Ripley Leo, Lorene Erickson and Will Brenner 		Poetry Adult , Teen Northville, MI : Sylvan Publications 1983
Inner Timbres Poetry Adult Northville, MI : Sylvan Publications 1981
Outer Banks
- 2nd edition 		Poetry Adult Northville, MI : Baintree Circle 1980
Spelunkers Sideshow
- Author James C. DeWitt and illustrated by Kathleen Ripley Leo 		Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI : Expedition Press 1980
- Published in literary presses throughout the United States Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "In writing: To create art with words; to discover fresh perspectives; to inform my readers of the constantly changing landscape; to catalogue and define the who, what, why and where around us; to infuse readers with enthusiasm for the art of language; to redefine language; to raise the insignificant to the level of the sublime. In teaching: To direct adult students to approach language as art, to acknowledge the emotive and connotative forces of words, and to help them utilize those forces within their own voice; to acquaint elementary students with the possibilities in poems and to help them write poems; to expand middle and high school students' awareness of the strategies of poetry and to help them write poems."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
Prefers to work with teachers and seniors.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Post graduate study Harvard University Cambridge , MA

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Faculty, English Department Macomb Community College Warren , MI 1990
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor Schoolcraft College Livonia , MI 1988
Consultant to schools, poet, teacher, presentor, self-employed Northville , MI 1975
Poet in Residence with Michgian Creative Writers in the Schools
Publisher and co-editor
- Waiting for the Apples, a K-12 anthology of Young Authors, poetry and prose

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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