Jack Ridl

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Jack Ridl


Born
April 10, 1944

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Jack Ridl born on April the 10th of 1944, is an American poet, and was a professor of English at Hope College,

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 and M.Ed., in 1970. He lives in Laketown Township, Michigan, with his wife, Julie.

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, and Poetry East. Hope College has named its Visiting Writers Series for him.
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Average rating: 4.08 · 647 ratings · 70 reviews · 40 distinct works
Practicing to Walk Like a H...

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Broken Symmetry (Made in Mi...

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Losing Season

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Saint Peter and the Goldfin...

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250 Poems A Portable Anthology

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All at Once

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Against Elegies

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2002
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Outside the Center Ring

4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006
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be tween

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The Same Ghost

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984
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“I am tired of pursuing

happiness. I want to breathe it in as ubiquitous as air.”
Jack Ridl



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