Richard Hedderman

Poet

Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin US

Author's Bio

Richard Hedderman is a multi-Pushcart Prize nominated poet whose work has appeared in dozens of literary journals both in the U.S. and abroad. His most recent book of poems is, Choosing a Stone (Finishing Line Press.) Publications include The Stockholm Review of Literature, Rattle, The American Poetry Review, Kestrel, Chicago Quarterly Review, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, and Santa Fe Literary Review. His poems have been collected in several anthologies including In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare (University of Iowa Press.) He’s been a Guest Poet at the Library of Congress, performed his writing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and served as a Fine Arts Grants Panelist with the National Endowment for the Arts. He is formerly Education Programs Coordinator and Writer-in-Residence at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He is a faculty member of AllWriters' creative writting studio. He lives in Milwaukee. More about Richard and his work may be found at richardheddermanpoetry.com

Literary agent: 
Joan Williamson

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Choosing a Stone (Finishing Line Press, 2020)
,
The Discovery of Heaven (Parallel Press, 2006)
Prizes won: 
  • Finalist, The Ashland Poetry Press Richard Snyder Award
  • Finalist, Codhill Press Poetry Award
  • Guest Poet, the Library of Congress Poetry at Noon program
  • Pushcart Prize nominations (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
  • Three fellowships, New York State Writers Institute, Director John Montague, Ireland Chair of Poetry

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Shakespeare, the Beowulf Poet, Gary Snyder, Charles Simic, Seamus Heaney, Raymond Carver, Sylvia Plath, Louis Jenkins, Philip Whalen, Franz Wright, Wislawa Szymborska, Bill Pronzini, Kerouac, Ron Koertge.
What I'm reading now: 
Telling the Bees by Faith Shearin, The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century by Clay Risen, Ten Caesars by Barry Strauss, Dreyer's English by Ben Dreyer

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Albany, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Albany, NY
New York
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Last update: Feb 15, 2024