Tad Richards

Tad Richards
Tad Richards
Born	James Richards; March 31, 1940 (age 84); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Writer; visual artist;
Nationality	American
Education	Bard College; Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)

James (Tad) Richards (born March 31, 1940) is an American writer and visual artist. He is also artistic director and former president of Opus 40, the sculpture park in Saugerties, New York.

Richards was born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. In 1943, his mother married the sculptor Harvey Fite, who created Opus 40 from 1939 to 1976.^[1] He attended Bard College (where Fite was on the faculty) before earning a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. At Iowa, he studied with Paul Engle, Donald Justice and Philip Roth. He has taught literature, composition and creative writing at several institutions, including Winona State University, the State University of New York at New Paltz and Marist College.

Richards began publishing in 1964, with three poems in

sexploitation

film characteristic of the era.

Richards has written 16 works of nonfiction. Struggle and Lose, Struggle and Win: The Story of the

United Mine Workers (written with Elizabeth Levy)^[5] was listed by The New York Times as one of the best young adult books of 1977. Several of his books on finance with Neale Godfrey have been bestsellers. He has also written extensively on music and poetry; additionally, several of his songs have been recorded by Orleans, the John Hall Band, and Fred Koller

.

References

^ Wallis, David (June 2, 2006). "A Monumental Vision of Half a Lifetime". The New York Times.
^ "Table of Contents". Poetry. February 1964.
^ "Son of TV's Finest Hour". The Realist. April 1965. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Richards' first contribution to The Realist
^ "Nick and Jake An Epistolary Novel". Arcade Publishing.
^ "STRUGGLE & LOSE; STRUGGLE & WIN: The United Mine Workers Union". Kirkus Reviews.

External links

Rhythm and Blues, from The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, in The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Jazz, from the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
review of Rachel Loden's Dick of the Dead in Jacket (magazine) 38.
Selling Secrets in The Cortland Review issue 17.

[1] Wallis, David (June 2, 2006). "A Monumental Vision of Half a Lifetime". The New York Times.

[2] "Table of Contents". Poetry. February 1964.

[3] "Son of TV's Finest Hour". The Realist. April 1965. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Richards' first contribution to The Realist

[4] "Nick and Jake An Epistolary Novel". Arcade Publishing.

[5] "STRUGGLE & LOSE; STRUGGLE & WIN: The United Mine Workers Union". Kirkus Reviews.

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