Richard Hedderman

A multi Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, author, and educator, Richard Hedderman was born and raised in Albany, NY. He earned undergraduate degrees in English and Theater from the University of San Francisco, and earned a Masters in Poetry from the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of a chapbook, The Discovery of Heaven (Parallel Press), and a full-length volume, Choosing a Stone, (Finishing Line Press.)  His poem series based on Beowulf was published in the Welsh language literary journal, Skald, and his series of poems inspired by Hamlet appeared in the anthology In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare (University of Iowa Press). He is the Writer-in-Residence at the Milwaukee Public Museum, and his poem, “Mummies—Milwaukee Public Museum,” is featured in a global literacy program developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A long-time Dead Head, he’s been on the bus since 1976. He lives in Milwaukee.