Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Padgett, Ron
- Abstract:
- Ron Padgett (1942- ) was a poetry workshop instructor at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City (1968-69), poet in various New York City Poets in the Schools programs (1969-76), writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission (1976-78), director of St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York City (1978-81), and the director of publications for the Teachers and Writers Collaborative (1982- ). The collection consists of correspondence from poets to Padgett, and some manuscripts.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence from poets, including Aram Saroyan and Thomas Clark, to American poet Ron Padgett, and some manuscripts of Padgett.
- Biographical / historical:
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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).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988