Authors and Illustrators Database

Kathleen Ripley Leo

Born: Chicago, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
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

Awards:

Name Date
Commissioned by Northvile Arts Commission, Town One South 1987
Nominated for Pushcart Prize 1987-1988
Number of grants, Michigan Council for the Arts

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988

Memberships:

Name Date
Member of Detorit Working Writers

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M. A.) in Latin American Literature University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1968-1970
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Western Illinois University Macomb, IL 1964-1968

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Faculty, English Department Macomb Community College Warren, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1990
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor Schoolcraft College Livonia, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1988
Consultant to schools, poet, teacher, presentor, self-employed Northville, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 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:

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