"The poems in this collection are selected from two books of poetry by Jack Ridl, "The Same Ghost" (1984) and "Between" (1988), both published by Dawn Valley Press."
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.