Authors and Illustrators Database

Jack R. Ridl

Born: 1944  Sewickley, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Charles G. Ridl, Elizabeth R. Ridl
Children: Meridith
Address(es):
Permanent:
Holland, MI 49423
Contact Information:
Phone: 616-335-7435
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ridl.com
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Poetry in… Michigan… in Poetry – Edited by William Olsen and Jack Ridl
- Michigan Notable Book, 2014. 		Michigan, Poetry Adult Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry & Prose 2013
Practicing to walk like a heron : poems Poetry Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2013
Losing Season
- Collection Named best sports book of the year for 2009 by the Institute for International Sport 		Poetry Adult, Teen For Lee, NJ : CavanKerry Press 2009
Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses
- Peter Schakel, Jack Ridl ; foreword by Alberto Ríos. 		Non Fiction Adult Boston, [Mass.] : St. Martin's Press 1997
Poems from the Same Ghost and Between Poetry Adult Wilmington, PA: Dawn Valley Press of Westminster College 1993
Between Poetry Adult Wilmington, PA: Dawn Valley Press of Westminster College 1989
After School Poetry Adult Samisdat Press (Online publication) 1988
Contemporary Michigan poetry : poems from the third coast
- Anthology 		Poetry Detroit, MI: Wayne State University 1988
The Same Ghost Poetry Adult Wilmington, PA: Dawn Valley Press of Westminster College 1985
Other writings:
- Poetry in The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, FIELD, The Denver Quarterly, Artful Dodge, Chelsea, Gulf Coast, Passages North, Evansville Review, The Journal, Dogwood, The Listening Eye, Poetry East, SKY, Southern California Anthology, Southern Indiana Review, Sou'wester, The Texas Observer, The Webster Review, Yankee 		Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To connect." He writes poems in order to discover connections with something or someone. He is a leading figure in sports poetry, a genre he helped develop.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Notable Book: Poetry in… Michigan… in Poetry 2014
Losing Season
- Named best sports book of the year for 2009 by the Institute for International Sport 		2009
Michigan Professor of the Year awarded by the Carnegie Foundation 1996
"Between" reviewed in American Book Review as one of two best books of 1989 from a small or university press 1989
Nominated three times for Pushcart Prize
Runner-up for the Ann Stanford Prize in Poetry from the University of Southern California

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Westminster College New Wilmington, PA 1967

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of English
- Professor Emeritus 		Hope College Holland, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1971
Assistant Dean-Admissions University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1968-1971
Director and founder of the Visiting Writers Series
- retired as director but continues to teach poetry writing 		Hope College Holland, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent

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