Ron Silliman
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born
August 05, 1946
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
website
genre
Poetry
influences
Williams, Zukofsky, Olson, Creeley, Stein, Spicer, Duncan, Grenier, Watten, Armantrout, Hejinian,
member since
August 2007
about this author
Ron Silliman has written and edited 30 books to date, most recently articipating in the multi-volume collaborative autobiography, The Grand Piano. Between 1979 & 2004, Silliman wrote a single poem, entitled The Alphabet. In addition to Woundwood, a part of VOG, volumes published thus far from that project have included ABC, Demo to Ink, Jones, Lit, Manifest, N/O, Paradise, (R), Toner, What and Xing. The University of Alabama Press will publish the entire work as a single volume in 2008. Silliman has now begun writing a new poem entitled Universe.
Silliman was the 2006 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere, a 2003 Literary Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and was a 2002 Fellow of the Pennsylvania Arts Council as well as a ...more
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The New Sentence by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.19 — 58 ratings — published 1987 |
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The Age of Huts by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.45 — 53 ratings — published 1986 3 editions |
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In the American Tree by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.48 — 52 ratings — published 2001 3 editions |
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Tjanting by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.32 — 28 ratings — published 1981 2 editions |
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Under Albany by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published 2004 |
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Lit by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 1987 |
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The Alphabet by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.89 — 9 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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Demo to Ink by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.30 — 10 ratings — published 1992 |
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Xing by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.44 — 9 ratings — published 1996 2 editions |
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What by Ron Silliman (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.86 — 7 ratings — published 1988 |
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gave Love in the Time of Cholera (Hardcover) by Gabriel García Márquez |
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gave Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes (Paperback) by Billy Collins |
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gave The Apple That Astonished Paris: Poems by Billy Collins (Paperback) by Billy Collins |
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gave 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (Paperback) by Billy Collins |
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gave The Art of Drowning (Pitt Poetry Series) by Billy Collins |
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gave Questions About Angels: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) by Billy Collins |
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gave The Art Of Drowning (Pitt Poetry Series) by Billy Collins |
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gave Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Paperback) by Billy Collins |
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gave The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems (Paperback) by Billy Collins |
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| MiPOesias: Ron Silliman | 1 | 3 | 02/12/2009 05:59AM | |
| O&S (Poets an...: Ron Silliman | 1 | 6 | 02/13/2009 04:16AM |
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Hahaha! The Billy Collins reviews.
Right down the board.
I am saving him for my dotage.
Somehow, I think his writing will be greatly improved then.
Hi Ron --I thought to say that http://international.poetryinternational... seeks an American Editor with some financial agency. Contact Michele Hutchison via facebook friends, if interested.
Jess
What is the new sentence about? I have been reading predominately nonfiction b/c of concentration issues. It helps me keep my focus.
I looked at your site and it's very nice, I plan to look around it more in the next couple of weeks. Poetry fascinates me. I have committed to memory some children's poems from my childhood. At one time I could recite the raven, the duel and the highwayman. that was a long time ago. Now I restrict myslef to journalling, which, while it can be a bit droll, it's far safer.
I could also introduce you to a few poets I know if you were interested. Good luck and I look forward to getting to know you.
SandiMichele
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