Padgett, Ron, 1942-....

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Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, OK; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various NYC Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; cofounded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen : collected plays (with Ted Berrigan, 1965), Sky (1966), Arrive by Pullman (1978), Tulsa kid (1979), Blood work : selected prose (1993), Ted : a personal memoir of Ted Berrigan (1993), and New & selected poems (1995).

From the description of Papers, 1965-1967. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40932263

Ron Padgett (1942-), American poet, translator, editor, teacher.

From the description of Ron Padgett papers, 1929-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702158820

American poet affiliated with the New York School of poetry.

From the description of Two stories for Andy Warhol, 1964. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33342381

Ron Padgett (1942- ), poet and teacher.

From the description of Ron Padgett letters and poems, 1964-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186160

Biography

Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, Oklahoma; A.B., Columbia University, 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various New York City Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; co-founded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York City, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen: collected plays (with Ted Berrigan, 1965), Sky (1966), Arrive by Pullman (1978), Tulsa kid (1979), Blood work: selected prose (1993), Ted: a personal memoir of Ted Berrigan (1993), and New & selected poems (1995).

From the guide to the Ron Padgett Papers, 1965-1967, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)

Ron Padgett was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1942. He began writing at the age of 13 and started a little magazine in high school called The White Dove Review with friends Dick Gallup and Joe Brainard. In its five issues, the magazine published Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones (now Amiri Baraka), Ted Berrigan, and others.

In 1960, he moved to New York, where he attended Columbia College and studied with Kenneth Koch and Lionel Trilling. Padgett later spent a year in Paris on a Fulbright fellowship where he studied French literature.

His first collection of poems, Bean Spasms, written with Ted Berrigan, was published in 1967. Since then he has published several books of poetry, including How to Be Perfect (Coffee House Press, 2007), You Never Know (2002), Poems I Guess I Wrote (2001), New & Selected Poems (1995), The Big Something (1990), Triangles in the Afternoon (1979), and Great Balls of Fire (1969).

He has also published a volume of selected prose titled Blood Work (1993), as well as translations of Blaise Cendrars' Complete Poems (1992), Pierre Cabanne's Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp (1971), and Guillaume Apollinaire's The Poet Assassinated (1968).

Padgett was the editor-in-chief of World Poets, a three-volume reference book (Scribner, 2000). He served as director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project from 1978 to 1980 and then was the publications director of Teachers & Writers Collaborative for twenty years. He was elected as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2008. He lives in New York City.

Biographical note is drawn from Poets.org . More information about Padgett can be found on his website .

From the guide to the Ron Padgett papers, 1929-2008, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Anne Walker Artists' Book Collection MS 114., 1974-2006 Mortimer Rare Book Room
referencedIn Charles Reznikoff Papers, 1912-1976 Mandeville Special Collections Library
creatorOf Ron Padgett Papers, 1965-1967 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Paul Auster Papers The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Larry Fagin papers, 1956-2007 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Padgett, Ron, 1942-. Two stories for Andy Warhol, 1964. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Brownstein, Michael, 1943-. Michael Brownstein papers relating to Anne Waldman, 1968-1971. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Anne Waldman Papers (1945-2012, bulk 1965-2000) University of Michigan
referencedIn Meyers, Richard. Richard Hell papers, 1944-2003 (bulk 1969-2003). Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976. Papers, 1912-1976. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Paul Auster collection of papers, 1987-2001, 1995-1999 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Fairfield Porter papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Kulchur Foundation records, 1936-1994, [Bulk Dates: 1969-1989]. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Padgett, Ron, 1942-. Papers, 1965-1967. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Auster, Paul, 1947-. Paul Auster collection of papers, 1999-2006 2000-2005. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. William S. Burroughs Collection of Papers, 1951-1972 bulk (1958-1972). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Archives of Ant's forefoot, 1967-1977. University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn Joel Oppenheimer Papers, 1925-1988. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Joe Brainard Archive, 1960-1992 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
referencedIn Alice Notley Papers, 1969-2001 Mandeville Special Collections Library
referencedIn Schiff, Harris. Harris Schiff papers, 1961-2008. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977 bulk 1935-1969. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Alternative Press (Detroit, Michigan). [The Alternative Press collection], 1969-1992. Wayne State University
referencedIn Ted Berrigan Papers, 1963-1964 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Ron Padgett papers, 1929-2008 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Dine, Jim, 1935-. The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Ron [book jacket design] [graphic] / Jim Dine. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn James Schuyler Papers, 1947-1991 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
referencedIn Larry Fagin Papers., n.d., 1958-1977. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Paul Auster collection of papers, 1999-2006, 2000-2005 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
creatorOf Schuyler, James. Papers, 1947-1991. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Chandler Brossard Papers, 1951-2002 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Berkson, Bill,. Joe Brainard archive, ca. 1960-1992, bulk 1964-1976. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn William S. Burroughs papers, 1951-1972, 1958-1972 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Notley, Alice, 1945-. Alice Notley papers, 1969-2001. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Richard Hell Papers, 1944-2003 (Bulk 1969-2003) Fales Library & Special Collections
creatorOf Padgett, Ron, 1942-. Ron Padgett letters and poems, 1964-1983. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Hanuman books. Hanuman books records, 1978-1996, (bulk 1986-1994). University of Michigan
referencedIn Kenneth Koch papers, ca. 1939-1995 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Maureen Owen collection of Greenwich Village poetry, 1975-1981 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Alternative Press (Detroit, Michigan). The Alternative Press records, 1961-1998 (bulk 1970-1995). University of Michigan
referencedIn Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002. Kenneth Koch papers, ca. 1939-1995. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Walker, Anne. Anne Walker artists' book collection, 1974-2006. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Berrigan, Ted. Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley collection, 1954-1980. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Tom Clark Papers, 1963-1991 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977, 1935-1969 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
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associatedWith Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. person
associatedWith Clark, Tom, 1941- person
associatedWith Coolidge, Clark, 1939- person
associatedWith Cornfield, Robert. person
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associatedWith Elmslie, Kenward. person
associatedWith Eshleman, Clayton. person
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associatedWith Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. person
associatedWith Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002. person
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associatedWith Martin, Knox, 1923- person
associatedWith Mathews, Harry, 1930- person
associatedWith Mayer, Bernadette. person
associatedWith Mayer, Bernadette. person
associatedWith Meyers, Richard. person
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associatedWith Schiff, Harris. person
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associatedWith St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project. corporateBody
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New York (State)--New York
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American literature
Publishers and publishing
Authors, American
American poetry
Poets, American
Poets, American
Poets, American
Translators and translating
Occupation
Poets, American
Poets
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Birth 1942-06-17

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