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Jude Rittenhouse

Mailing Address:
21622 N. Hanover Hills Rd.
Barrington, IL  60010

County: Lake

e-mail: judearitt@aol.com

Phone: 847-381-7147

Genre: Poetry/Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction

 

Periodical Publications:

  • Spring/Summer 1998 Moon Journal, "Snake Hands" (poem)
  • Summer/Fall 1997 Pudding Magazine, "Apology to My Mother" (poem)
  • Spring 1997 Saturn, "Whale Watch" (poem)
  • Spring 1997 Wish Women, "Goddess Food" (poem)
  • Spring/Summer 1997 Moon Journal, "For Nana Who Dreamed of Writing" (poem)

Book Publications:

  • Freedom Is Just Another Word, 1998 Feminist Writer's Guild Anthology; poems "Crone" and "Moon Power"; Outrider Press
  • "Magician's Daughter" (poem) Janes Stories 11, 1999 Wild Dove Press Anthology

Forthcoming Publications:

    Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

    • 1997 Second Place Poet's and Patrons of Chicago Award
    • 1997 First Honorable Mention Poet's and Patrons of Chicago Award
    • 1995 First Place Short Story Award, Day of the Writer, McHenry County College

    Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

    • 2/98, "Poems & Pints", Barrington, IL
    • 1/97, The Writer's Voice, New York City, NY
    • 1996-97, Saturn Series, New York City, NY1/96, Penny Lane, Boulder, CO
    • 1995-97, The Guild Complex, Chicago, IL
    • 1995-97, The Poetry Project, Inc., various locations, IL

    Recent Workshops:

    • 3/8/98, 10/26/97, 7/13/97, 4/27/97; A Woman's Voice (Writing Workshops for women working in all genre); Prairie Moon, Ltd.; Arlington Heights, IL
    • 8/15/97, 5/22/97; Writing Workshop (general, all genre); Bames & Noble-Hawthome; Vernon Hills, IL
    • 10/25/96, 3/18/96, 10/3/95; Reminiscence Writing Workshops ("Life Review" training sessions for hospice volunteers); Hospice of the Plains, Harbor Light Hospice, Hospice of Northeastern Illinois; Yuma, CO; Glen Ellyn, IL; Woodstock, IL

    Present Employment:

    • Freelance Writer and Editor; Workshop Instructor; Contributing Editor, Moon Journal (literary magazine); Hospice volunteer Trainer

    Preferred Audience:

    • "My life experience seems to have prepared me especially well for working with women and with people who are coping with death."

    Willing to travel:

    • yes
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