* August 5 – Ron Silliman, American poet

* Ron Silliman, poet

* Franklin Rosemont 1943 – 2009 This " cyber-tombeau " at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links

Living in the Bay Area also brought him into contact with a younger generation of American poets, including Ron Loewinsohn, Ron Silliman, David Melnick, Pat Nolan, Alistair Johnson and more.

* David Bromige 1933-2009 This " cyber-tombeau " at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links

* Ron Silliman

Ron Silliman,

Zukofsky's formal procedures, especially his interest in aleatory writing, were a key influence on Jackson Mac Low and John Cage, amongst others, and through them on the Language School, an avant garde group of poets who started publishing in the 1970s and who included Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Lyn Hejinian, Bob Perelman, Michael Palmer, Rae Armantrout, Carla Harryman, Barrett Watten, Clark Coolidge, Hannah Weiner, Susan Howe, Tina Darragh and Fanny Howe.

Amidst the continuous reappraisals, critical and otherwise, of the legacy and literary formation of the Objectivists, a well known mapping of the territory continues to be one put forth by poet Ron Silliman: " three-phase Objectivism ".

Grenier's ironic statement ( itself a speech act ), was, in the context of the essay in which it occurred, along with a questioning attitude to the referentiality of language evidenced even in the magazine's title, later claimed by Ron Silliman, in the introduction to his anthology In the American Tree, as an epochal moment — a rallying cry for a number of young U. S. poets who were increasingly dissatisfied with the poetry of the Black Mountain poets and Beat poets.

( written with Michael Davidson, Ron Silliman, Barrett Watten ) San Francisco: Mercury House, 1991.

At Berkeley, she was able to study with poet Denise Levertov and befriend Ron Silliman who would become involved with the Language poets of late 1980s San Francisco.

* The Grand Piano: An Experiment In Collective Autobiography ( with Bob Perelman, Barrett Watten, Steve Benson, Carla Harryman, Tom Mandel, Ron Silliman, Kit Robinson, Lyn Hejinian, and Ted Pearson ) ( Mode A / This Press, 2007 )

* A Wild Salience: the Writing of Rae Armantrout ( Burning Press, 2000 ; ISBN 1-58711-025-3 ) — featuring essays and poems on or inspired by her work including pieces by Robert Creeley, Susan Wheeler, Hank Lazer, Bob Perelman, Lydia Davis, Lyn Hejinian, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ron Silliman, Brenda Hillman, Fanny Howe and others

She influenced a number of the language poets and was included in the In the American Tree anthology of Language poetry ( edited by Ron Silliman ).

* " perhaps the most shocking revelation " Ron Silliman discusses Hannah Weiner ’ s Open House ( 2007 )

Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including the important " Language "- oriented anthology, In the American Tree ( edited by Ron Silliman ).

* L E G E N D, with Bruce Andrews, Steve McCaffery, Ron Silliman, Ray DiPalma ( New York: L = A = N = G = U = A = G = E / Segue, 1980 )

Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, and the important Language School anthology In the American Tree ( edited by Ron Silliman ).

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Some poets associated with the group are Lyn Hejinian, Ron Silliman, Bob Perelman and Leslie Scalapino.

* Ron Silliman on Madeline Gleason's post-Yeatsian poetics " if you reach back prior to the modernism of Pound you would find common ground " writes Ron Silliman on his weblog

Actors Peter Fonda, Margot Kidder, as well as Saturday Night Live alumnus Rich Hall, musician Ron Strykert, novelist Walter Kirn, and poet Jim Harrison live in the city.

* Ron Padgett, American poet and translator

Other notable hosts included talk show host Bob Kennedy, poet / radio host Dick Summer, disc jockeys Bruce Bradley, Jeff Kaye, Ron Landry and later, Larry Justice, jazz DJ turned talkmaster Norm Nathan, late-night talker and humorist Larry Glick, and morning hosts Carl DeSuze, Tom Bergeron and Dave Maynard.

* Ron Overton, American poet and academic

* Ron Silliman ( 1946 – ), American poet

Ron Silliman ( born 5 August 1946 in Pasco, Washington ) is an American poet.

* Ruth Kligman 1930 – 2010 This " cyber-tombeau " at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links

* Ron Blomberg ( born 1948 ), Major League Baseball DH / first baseman / right fielder nicknamed " Boomer "

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

They adopted two children: Roxanne ( born 1944, adopted 1944 ) and Ronald Charles ( born 1937, adopted 1943, a. k. a. Ron Pickford Rogers ).

Ron Carter ( born May 4, 1937 ) is an American jazz double-bassist.

* Ron Durham ( born 1921 ), Australian rules footballer

* Ron Corning ( born 1971 ) American television host

Ronald William " Ron " Howard ( born March 1, 1954 ) is an American film director, producer and former child actor.

* Ronald L. " Ron " Townson ( born 20 January 1933, St. Louis, Missouri-died 2 August 2001, of kidney failure, Las Vegas, Nevada )

The only child of Ron Barassi Snr, Ron was born in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine in 1936.

* Ron Everett, aka Maulana Karenga ( born 1941 ), US political activist and social scientist

* Ron Jirsa ( 1959 –), men's college basketball coach, was born in Ledyard.

In a turnout of 35 percent, Duncan unseated the incumbent Democrat, Ronald M. " Ron " LeLeux ( born 1955 ), 2, 555 ( 54 percent ) to 2, 156 ( 46 percent ).

* Ron Villone ( born 1970 ), Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the New York Yankees in the 2006 season.

* Ron Perranoski ( born 1936 ), Major League Baseball pitcher from 1961-1973.

* Ron Insana ( born 1961 ), CNBC anchor and senior analyst.

* Ron Dayne ( born 1978 ), running back for the Houston Texans.

* Ron Anderson ( born 1958 ), played on several NBA teams, as well as in Europe.

* Ron Jaworski ( born 1951 ), formerly played on the Philadelphia Eagles.

* Ron Jaworski ( born 1951 ), former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Monday Night Football broadcaster, owner of the Philadelphia Soul.

* Ron Galella ( born 1931 ), called “ the Godfather of the U. S. paparazzi culture ”, he is known for his photos of ( and battles with ) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Marlon Brando.

* Ron Frenz ( born 1960 ), comic book artist for Marvel Comics

* Bill Saul and his twin brothers Rich Saul and Ron Saul, professional football players during the 1960s and 1970s, were born and raised in Butler – Bill played 9 years ( 1962 – 1970 ) as a linebacker for the Colts, Steelers, Saints and Lions, Rich played 12 years ( 1970 – 1982 ) at center for the Los Angeles Rams and Ron played 13 years ( 1970 – 1983 ) for the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins.