Jack Ridl Explained

Jack Ridl (born April 10, 1944) is an American poet, and was a professor of English at Hope College.^[1]

Life and career

Ridl's father, Charles "Buzz" Ridl, coached basketball at Westminster College, Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh. Ridl graduated from Westminster College, Pennsylvania with a BA in 1967 and M.Ed., in 1970. He lives in Laketown Township, Michigan, with his wife, Julie.^{[2] [3] [4]}

His work has appeared in LIT, The Georgia Review, FIELD, Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Denver Quarterly, Chelsea, Free Lunch, The Journal, Passages North, Dunes Review,^[5] and Poetry East. Hope College has named its Visiting Writers Series for him.^[6]

Awards

• 2013 ForeWord Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award for Practicing to Walk Like a Heron—Winner of the Gold Medal in the category of Poetry (Adult Nonfiction)
• 2007 Society of Midland Authors Award for Broken Symmetry in the category of Poetry
• 2002 Say-the-Word Poetry Award from The Ellipse Art Center in Arlington, Virginia, for "The Dry Wallers Listen to Sinatra While They Work", chosen by David St. John
• 2001 Chapbook Award from The Center for Book Arts in New York City, for Against Elegies, selected by Sharon Dolin and Billy Collins
• 1996, The Carnegie Foundation named him Michigan Professor of the Year.

Works

• Book: The same ghost: poems. Dawn Valley Press. 1984. 978-0-936014-13-5 .
• After School, Samisdat Press. 1988.
• Book: Between. Dawn Valley Press. 1988. 978-0-936014-18-0.
• Against Elegies, The Center for Book Arts, (2001)
• Book: Broken Symmetry . Wayne State University Press. 2006. 978-0-8143-3322-8 .
• Book: Losing Season . CavanKerry Press. 2009. 978-1-933880-15-0 .
• Practicing to Walk Like a Heron. Wayne State University Press. 2013. .

Non-fiction

• Book: Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses. Peter J. Schakel. Jack Ridl. St. Martin's Press. 1996. 978-0-312-13281-1 .
• Book: Approaching Literature in the 21st Century: Fiction, Poetry, Drama. Peter Schakel. Jack Ridl. Bedford/St. Martin's. 2004. 978-0-312-40756-8 .

Editor

• Book: 250 Poems: A Portable Anthology . Peter Schakel . Jack Ridl. Bedford/St. Martin's. 2002. 978-0-312-46616-9 . (2nd edition 2008)
• Book: Literature: A Portable Anthology . Janet E. Gardner . Beverly Lawn . Jack Ridl . Peter Schakel . Bedford/St. Martin's . 978-0-312-46186-7 . 2004 . registration . (2nd edition 2008)
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=my2pMVaeD20C&dq=Jack+Ridl&pg=PA262. A Father. Contemporary Michigan poetry: poems from the third coast. Michael Delp. Conrad Hilberry. Herbert Scott. Photographer Michael Delp. Wayne State University Press. 1988. 978-0-8143-1924-6 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=HHHlYP_u6aUC&dq=Jack+Ridl&pg=PA260. I Am Wearing Your Shirt. New poems from the third coast: contemporary Michigan poetry. Michael Delp. Michael Delp. Conrad Hilberry. Conrad Hilberry. Josie Kearns. Wayne State University Press. 2000. 978-0-8143-2797-5 .

External links

• "Author's blog"
• "Jack Ridl", The Writer's Almanac
• "An Interview with Jack Ridl", Through the 3rd Eye
• "Perfectly Imperfect": Jack Ridl at TEDxMacatawa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jack Ridl. www.hope.edu. https://web.archive.org/web/20130106091548/http://www.hope.edu/academic/english/fac_bio/ridl.html. January 6, 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Jack Ridl. Michigan State University Libraries.
3. News: Profile of poet and teacher Jack Ridl. The Grand Rapids Press. August 9, 2009. Mark Copier.
4. News: Prime Time Poet: CBS, ESPN calling as Ridl debuts 'Losing Season'. Jon Schultz. The Holland Sentinel. Aug 18, 2009. November 16, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090822032718/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x772307088/Prime-Time-Poet-CNN-ESPN-calling-as-Ridl-debuts-Losing-Season. August 22, 2009. dead.
5. Dunes Review. Volume 16 Issue 1. Winter, 2012.
6. Web site: Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series: About. hope.edu.