RON PADGETT

'Ron Padgett' (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator, and a member of the New York School. His books include ''Great Balls of Fire'', ''The Adventures of Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Ron'' (with Jim Dine), ''Toujours l'amour'', ''Tulsa Kid'', ''Triangles in the Afternoon'', ''Ted: A Personal Memoir of Ted Berrigan'', ''Poems I Guess I Wrote'', ''You Never Know'', ''Oklahoma Tough'', and others.
Padgett was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1964 and studied creative writing at Wagner College with Kay Boyle, Howard Nemerov, and Kenneth Koch. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and studied 20th-century French literature in Paris during 1965 and 1966.
He was an associate of Teachers & Writers Collaborative for many years and their director of publications. His works on education and writing include ''The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms'' (editor), ''The Teachers & Writers Guide to Walt Whitman'' (editor), ''Educating the Imagination'' (co-editor), and many others. He was also editor of ''Teachers & Writers Magazine'' from 1980 to 2000.

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★ Rod Padgett Papers
Ron Padgett was also director of The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery during the 1970's.

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★ Ron Padgett