The Spring 2020 issue of the Innisfree Poetry Journal is , professor emeritus of English at Hope College.
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Ridl taught at Hope from 1971 until retiring in 2006. He is the author or editor of several collections of poetry, and has also published more than 300 poems in journals and has work included in numerous anthologies. In addition, he has read his work and led workshops at colleges, universities, art colonies and other venues around the country.
He has received multiple honors for his collections. 亚洲色吧淧racticing to Walk Like a Heron,亚洲色吧� received Gold recognition for poetry in the 2013 IndieFab Awards competition sponsored by Foreword Reviews magazine and in 2014 was named an 亚洲色吧淓ditor亚洲色吧檚 Pick亚洲色吧� by the quarterly poetry journal Rattle. The anthology 亚洲色吧淧oetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry,亚洲色吧� which he co-edited with award-winning poet Dr. William Olsen of the Western Michigan University English faculty, was named a 2014 Michigan Notable Book. His collection 亚洲色吧淟osing Season亚洲色吧� was named the 2009 亚洲色吧淪ports Education Book of the Year亚洲色吧� by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island. The Society of Midland Authors named his collection 亚洲色吧淏roken Symmetry亚洲色吧� one of the two best volumes of poetry published in 2006. In 2001, his collection 亚洲色吧淎gainst Elegies亚洲色吧� was chosen by Billy Collins as the winner of the 亚洲色吧淟etterpress Chapbook Competition亚洲色吧� sponsored by the Center for Book Arts of New York City. In addition, in 2019, the city council of Douglas, where he lives, named him to a lifetime appointment as the community亚洲色吧檚 first poet laureate.
Ridl亚洲色吧檚 other volumes include 亚洲色吧淪aint Peter and the Goldfinch,亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淭he Same Ghost,亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淏etween,亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淎fter School,亚洲色吧� 亚洲色吧淧oems from 亚洲色吧楾he Same Ghost亚洲色吧� and 亚洲色吧楤etween,亚洲色吧櫻侵奚蓾 and 亚洲色吧淥utside the Center Ring.亚洲色吧� In addition to his volumes of poetry, he is co-author, with Hope colleague Peter Schakel, of two textbooks, 亚洲色吧淎pproaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses亚洲色吧� and 亚洲色吧淎pproaching Literature.亚洲色吧� They also co-edited two anthologies.
Ridl also received recognition both at Hope and beyond for as a master teacher and for service. In 2014, the Poetry Society of Michigan appointed him honorary chancellor in recognition of the high quality and beauty of his poetry and his participation in and support of the society, and the Community Literacy Initiative presented him a Community Literacy Award in the area of Talent for outstanding contributions in increasing literacy levels and sustained depth and breadth in commitment to the advancement of literacy in West Michigan. In 1996, he was chosen Michigan亚洲色吧檚 亚洲色吧淧rofessor of the Year亚洲色吧� by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. More than 90 of Ridl亚洲色吧檚 former students are now publishing.
At Hope, the college亚洲色吧檚 graduating class presented him with the 亚洲色吧淗ope Outstanding Professor Educator Award亚洲色吧� in 1976; he received the faculty appreciation award from the student body during Homecoming in 2003; and the graduating seniors selected him to present the Commencement address in both 1975 and 1986. The college亚洲色吧檚 Visiting Writers Series, which he co-founded in 1982 with his wife Julie Garlinghouse Ridl, was named in his honor in 2006.
Westminster College, from which he holds both his bachelor亚洲色吧檚 and master亚洲色吧檚 degrees, presented him with an 亚洲色吧淎lumni Citation Award亚洲色吧� in September 2005.