The Joshua Ringel Memorial Fund memorializes CTY alumnae Joshua Ringel and his mother, Barbara, supporting a free annual poetry reading in Baltimore for both lovers of poetry, and those who wish to learn to love it as Joshua did. Josh's teacher, the renowned poet Kenneth Koch, gave the inaugural Joshua Ringel Memorial Reading in 1998. Since then, nine other distinguished poets, including Billiy Collins, John Ashbery, Sharon Olds, and Galway Kinnell, have lent their voices to this remarkable series. A gift by Josh's father, Mel Ringel, in 2004 created an endowment at Johns Hopkins, with a goal of sustaining the Reading in perpetuity. Donate now! Enter your gift in the Other Amount, and select Joshua Ringel Memorial Fund under Gift Designation. To be added to the Ringel mailing list, email us, or send a note with your address directly to: Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
The Joshua Ringel Memorial Fund
McAuley Hall
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Twice nominated for the National Book Award and Maryland's Poet Laureate from 1991 to 1995, Linda Pastan demonstrated at the 11th annual Joshua Ringel Memorial Reading why she is "one of America's truly fine poets working at the height of her powers," according to Michael Collier of the Baltimore Sun.
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