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Ron Silliman Papers

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Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Ron Silliman Papers Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0075 Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California, 92093-0175 Languages: English Physical Description: 10.4 Linear feet(26 archives boxes) Date (inclusive): 1965-1988 Abstract: Papers of Ron Silliman, American writer and editor. Silliman has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of his life and is associated with the Language school of contemporary writers. He edited the anthology In The American Tree, published in 1986. The papers include extensive correspondence with many prominent contemporary writers, including Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Michael Davidson, Lyn Hejinian, Douglas Messerli, John Taggart, and Hanna Weiner. Also included are drafts of Silliman's published works, notebooks, and materials relating to In the American Tree. The collection is divided into five series: 1) ORIGINAL FINDING AID, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) IN THE AMERICAN TREE and 5) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES. Creator: Silliman, Ronald, 1946- Scope and Content of Collection The Ron Silliman papers contain collected correspondence and writings related to Silliman's career as a writer. The materials cover a range from the mid-1960s to 1988, excluding his most recent publication WHAT (1988). The collection is divided into five series: 1) ORIGINAL FINDING AID, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) IN THE AMERICAN TREE and 5) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES. SERIES 1) ORIGINAL FINDING AID: Produced in 1986 by Ron Silliman in preparation for the sale of his papers. Located at the beginning of the collection, this guide provides details and annotations not found in the present container list. The current arrangement of the papers follows closely Silliman's original organization. SERIES 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Letters received by Silliman over a period of more than twenty years. Among the major correspondents are Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Barbara Baracks, Charles Bernstein, Michael Davidson, Alan Davies, Ray DiPalma, Larry Eigner, Jack Foley, David Gitin, Robert Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, Doug Messerli, John Taggart, and Hannah Weiner. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically. Any undated materials have been placed at the beginning of each folder, while writings of individuals follow at the end. Some carbon copies exist of Silliman's outgoing correspondence beginning in the early 1980s. The collection originally contained two large folders of unarranged letters. These have been organized alphabetically into "miscellaneous" folders and placed at the beginning of each alphabet letter series. In cases in which Silliman had already created folders for letters of the alphabet (e.g., "J - Misc."), other letters were simply added to them. Generally, the miscellaneous materials represent brief exchanges -- often acceptance or rejection letters from publishers. Letters which lacked a surname were placed in the folders marked "unidentified correspondents." Absent from the CORRESPONDENCE series are materials created during the development and production of the anthology In the American Tree. Correspondence with contributing authors and prospective publishers forms a separate series entitled IN THE AMERICAN TREE. SERIES 3) WRITINGS. Arranged in four subseries: A) Typescripts, B) Early Poems, C) Notebooks, and D) Critical Works and Prose. A) Typescripts: Arranged chronologically, in their original order. While some folders contain complete works, such as The Age of Huts, Ketjak, and Tjanting, most gather individual poems. Also included in this subseries are the texts for Silliman's early publications; Crow, Nox, and Mohawk. "Typescripts" are the "correct" copies of the majority of Ron Silliman's texts with the exception of THE ALPHABET and some of the poems in the "Early Poems" subseries. The original manuscript/typescript of In the American Tree has been removed to the series of that title. B) Early Poems: A number of poems not included in the "Typescripts" subseries. Their organization is chronological and the groupings reflect Silliman's original ordering. C) Notebooks: Manuscript versions of many works. In some cases, a single notebook contains a single text, while others contain several texts, collected poems, false starts, or the accumulated writing from a particular time period. The notebooks are organized alphabetically by the title which Silliman assigned to each.

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 2 D) Critical Works and Prose: Includes THE NEW SENTENCE, a collection of critical essays begun in 1977 which explores the role of poetics and its relationship to society. Many of these essays began as talks. The organization of THE NEW SENTENCE materials follows the order of the book's table of contents, and includes correspondence between Silliman and David Sternbach concerning the development of the text. Also included in the "Critical Works" subseries are Tom Beckett's interview with Ron Silliman for the publication The Difficulties, a collection of Silliman's book reviews alphabetized by author, an audio piece entitled "A.M.", and several examples of political prose. SERIES 4) IN THE AMERICAN TREE: Both the original manuscript of the anthology, a combination of typescript and photocopy, and correspondence with the contributing authors. Also included are letters to prospective publishers and drafts of accompanying texts, such as the table of contents. Correspondence with Douglas Messerli in this series may not be quoted or published without written permission from Ron Silliman. SERIES 5) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES: Brittle and high-acid content materials have been photocopied onto acid-free paper. The copies have been substituted and the originals have been placed in series order. Biography Ron Silliman was born in Pasco, Washington, in 1946. Raised north of Berkeley in Albany, California, Silliman has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Merritt College in Oakland, San Francisco State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Silliman has long been associated with the Language poets. This group of poets dates, according to Silliman, from the 1971 issue of This. Controversies over Language writing have been reflected in many influential journals of contemporary writing. Although the designation "Language writer" is applied to a disparate group and is considered a misnomer by some of them, most Language writers agree that conventions of language structure everyday experience; and most mistrust what they consider the unacknowledged metaphysical assumptions of the New American poetics. Typically, Language writing redresses the illusions that words signify separately constituted things and concepts and that grammar discloses relations among them. Instead, Language is thought constitutive of that which it signifies and governs, through grammar, the relations which order things. Ron Silliman's publications include Moon in the 7th House (Gunrunner Press, 1968), Crow (Ithaca House, 1971), Mohawk (Doones Press, 1973), NOX (Burning Deck, 1974), Ketjak (This, 1978), Sitting Up, Standing, Taking Steps (Tuumba Press, 1978), Legend (L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E/Segue, 1980), Tjanting (The Figures, 1981), Bart (Potes & Poets Press, 1982), ABC (Tuumba Press, 1983), Paradise (Burning Deck, 1985), The Age of Huts (Roof, 1986), The New Sentence (Roof, 1987), Lit (Potes & Poets Press, 1987), and What (The Figures, 1988). He was the editor of the influential anthology In the American Tree (The National Poetry Foundation, 1986), and currently he is the editor of Socialist Review. Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Preferred Citation Ron Silliman Papers, MSS 0075. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Acquisition Information Acquired 1988. Restrictions A letter of recommendation in Box 5, folder 2 is restricted. Correspondence with Douglas Messerli in Box 12, folder 20 may not be quoted or published without prior written permission from Ron Silliman. Subjects and Indexing Terms Andrews, Bruce, 1948- -- Correspondence Armantrout, Rae, 1947- -- Correspondence Bromige, David -- Correspondence Davidson, Michael, 1944- -- Correspondence DiPalma, Ray -- Correspondence Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 -- Correspondence Hejinian, Lyn -- Correspondence Mac Low, Jackson -- Correspondence McCaffery, Steve -- Correspondence Messerli, Douglas, 1947- -- Correspondence Silliman, Ronald, 1946- -- Archives

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 3 Taggart, John, 1942- -- Correspondence Weiner, Hannah -- Correspondence American poetry -- 20th century Diaries -- 20th century

ORIGINAL FINDING AID

Box 1, Folder 1 Original Finding Aid by Silliman CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1, Folder 2 Unidentified correspondents Box 1, Folder 3 Unidentified correspondents Box 1, Folder 4 A-miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 5 Abbott, Steve 1979 - 1980 Box 1, Folder 6 Acker, Kathy (TBT) 1974 - 1975 Box 1, Folder 7 Ahern, Tom 1972 - 1977 Box 1, Folder 8 Alexander, Charles 1983 - 1985 Box 1, Folder 9 Alexander, D. 1969 - 1969 Box 1, Folder 10 Alpert, Barry 1972 - 1977 Box 1, Folder 11 Amnasan, Michael Box 1, Folder 12 Andrews, Bruce 1971 - 1986 Box 1, Folder 13 Andrews, Bruce 1971 - 1986 Box 2, Folder 1 Andrews, Bruce - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 2, Folder 2 Andrews, Bruce - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 2, Folder 3 Antin, David 1974 - 1978 Box 2, Folder 4 Anton, Antole 1982 - 1982 Box 2, Folder 5 Armantrout, Rae - Writings Box 26, Armantrout, Rae ca. 1970-1980, and undated Folder 23-25 Box 2, Folder 6 Ashbery, John 1974 - 1985 Box 2, Folder 7 Astle, Richard 1973 - 1984 Box 2, Folder 8 B-miscellaneous Box 2, Folder 9 Baily, Harvey 1968 - 1968 Box 2, Folder 10 Balsmeyer, Jeff 1977 - 1980 Box 2, Folder 11 Baracks, Barbara 1972 - 1976 Box 2, Folder 12 Barich, Bill 1986 - 1986 Box 2, Folder 13 Barone, Dennis 1980 - 1981 Box 2, Folder 14 Bartlett, Lee 1984 - 1986 Box 3, Folder 1 Beckett, Tom 1980 - 1986 Box 3, Folder 2 Beckett, Tom 1980 - 1986 Box 3, Folder 3 Benedetti, David 1982 - 1982 Box 3, Folder 4 Bennett, John M. 1976 - 1981 Box 3, Folder 5 Benson, Andy 1982 - 1982 Box 3, Folder 6 Benson, Steve 1979 - 1986 Box 3, Folder 7 Bergland, Brita 1983 - 1985 Box 3, Folder 8 Berkson, Bill 1974 - 1983 Box 3, Folder 9 Bernheimer, Alan 1981 - 1982 Box 3, Folder 10 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 11 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 12 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 13 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 14 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 15 Bernstein, Charles Box 3, Folder 16 Bernstein, Lisa 1980 - 1986 Box 3, Folder 17 Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei 1986 - 1986

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 4 CORRESPONDENCE

Box 3, Folder 18 Bertolino, James 1975 - 1976 Box 3, Folder 19 Blaser, Robin 1969 - 1969 Box 3, Folder 20 Blazek, Doug 1969 - 1970 Box 3, Folder 21 Bly, Robert 1966 - 1966 Box 4, Folder 1 Broone, Bruce 1979 - 1979 Box 4, Folder 2 Borneman, Bill 1981 - 1982 Box 4, Folder 3 Brannen, Jon 1974 - 1975 Box 4, Folder 4 Bromige, David 1969 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 5 Bromige, David 1969 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 6 Browne, Colin 1984 - 1986 Box 4, Folder 7 Bruchac, Joseph 1986 - 1986 Box 4, Folder 8 Bukowski, Charles 1966 - 1967 Box 4, Folder 9 Burns, Gerald 1973 - 1980 Box 4, Folder 10 Byrd, Don 1975 - 1983 Box 4, Folder 11 C-miscellaneous Box 4, Folder 12 Carravetta, Peter 1983 - 1984 Box 4, Folder 13 Castells, Manuel 1983 - 1983 Box 4, Folder 14 Cheney, Don 1982 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 15 Chester, Laura Box 4, Folder 16 Chibeau, Ed 1983 - 1983 Box 4, Folder 17 Child, Abigail 1977 - 1984 Box 4, Folder 18 Clark, Tom Box 4, Folder 19 Cohen, Robert David 1968 - 1969 Box 4, Folder 20 Collins, Jess Box 4, Folder 21 Collum, Jack 1975 - 1976 Box 4, Folder 22 Coolidge, Clark 1985 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 23 Cooper, Dennis Box 4, Folder 24 Corbett, Bill 1974 - 1980 Box 4, Folder 25 Corman, Cid 1969 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 26 Cox, Barry 1982 - 1983 Box 4, Folder 27 Creeley, Robert 1973 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 28 Cuddihy, Michael Box 4, Folder 29 D-miscellaneous Box 4, Folder 30 Dahlen, Beverly 1980 - 1985 Box 5, Folder 1 Darragh, Tina Box 5, Folder 2 Davidson, Michael 1975 - 1986 Box 5, Folder 3 Davies, Alan 1975 - 1985 Box 5, Folder 4 Davies, Alan 1975 - 1985 Box 5, Folder 5 Davies, Alan 1975 - 1985 Box 5, Folder 6 Dawson, Fielding 1975 - 1975 Box 5, Folder 7 Day, Jean 1982 - 1984 Box 5, Folder 8 DeJasu, Lee 1972 - 1981 Box 5, Folder 9 Dewdney, Christopher 1977 - 1977 Box 5, Folder 10 DiManno, Yves 1983 - 1983 Box 5, Folder 11 DiPalma, Ray 1971 - 1986 Box 5, Folder 12 DiPalma, Ray 1971 - 1986 Box 6, Folder 1 DiPalma, Ray - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 6, Folder 2 DiPalma, Ray - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 6, Folder 3 DiPalma, Ray - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 6, Folder 4 DiPalma, Ray - Miscellaneous enclosed writings Box 6, Folder 5 Doyle, Mike 1970 - 1974 Box 6, Folder 6 Dreyer, Lynne 1975 - 1984 Box 6, Folder 7 Drucker, Johanna Box 6, Folder 8 Duckworth, William 1982 - 1982 Box 6, Folder 9 Duehr, Gary 1983 - 1983 Box 6, Folder 10 Duerden, Richard 1969 - 1969 Box 6, Folder 11 Duncan, Carol 1983 - 1983 Box 6, Folder 12 DuPlessis, Rachel Blau 1981 - 1986

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Box 6, Folder 13 Dybek, Stuart 1973 - 1974 Box 6, Folder 14 E-miscellaneous Box 6, Folder 15 Eigner, Larry 1971 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 1 Enslin, Ted 1971 - 1978 Box 7, Folder 2 Eshleman, Clayton 1968 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 3 Estrin, Jerry 1981 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 4 Evans, George 1984 - 1987 Box 7, Folder 5 F-miscellaneous Box 7, Folder 6 Fagin, Larry 1977 - 1977 Box 7, Folder 7 Faust, Seymour 1971 - 1972 Box 7, Folder 8 Faville, Curtis 1972 - 1985 Box 7, Folder 9 Fawcett, Brian 1973 - 1978 Box 7, Folder 10 Federman, Raymond (THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW) 1981 - 1981 Box 7, Folder 11 Feldman, Laura 1983 - 1984 Box 7, Folder 12 Fischer, Norman 1978 - 1985 Box 7, Folder 13 Ficher, Tom 1977 - 1985 Box 7, Folder 14 Fisher, Allen 1986 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 15 Fixel, Lawrence 1983 - 1983 Box 7, Folder 16 Foley, Jack 1972 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 17 Foley, Jack 1972 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 18 Foley Jack 1972 - 1986 Box 7, Folder 19 Fraccaro, Steven 1978 - 1978 Box 7, Folder 20 Fraser, Kathleen 1981 - 1982 Box 7, Folder 21 Fredman, Steve 1982 - 1982 Box 7, Folder 22 Freilicher, Mel Box 8, Folder 1 Friedlander, Ben 1984 - 1985 Box 8, Folder 2 Friedman, Ed 1977 - 1977 Box 8, Folder 3 Frym, Gloria 1982 - 1982 Box 8, Folder 4 Fyman, Cliff 1984 - 1984 Box 8, Folder 5 G-miscellaneous Box 8, Folder 6 Gaburo, Kenneth 1982 - 1982 Box 8, Folder 7 Gangel, Sue 1982 - 1982 Box 8, Folder 8 Ganick, Peter 1980 - 1986 Box 8, Folder 9 Gay, Michel 1985 - 1986 Box 8, Folder 10 Gibson, Morgan 1967 - 1970 Box 8, Folder 11 Gilbert, Jack Box 8, Folder 12 Gilfillan, Marril Box 8, Folder 13 Ginsberg, Allen 1965 - 1965 Box 8, Folder 14 Gitin, David 1971 - 1981 Box 8, Folder 15 Gitin, Maria 1980 - 1984 Box 8, Folder 16 Glass, Fred 1980 - 1985 Box 8, Folder 17 Glass, Jesse 1983 - 1983 Box 8, Folder 18 Gleeson, Ann (The Marin Poetry Center) 1983 - 1983 Box 8, Folder 19 Glassgold, Peter (NEW DIRECTIONS) 1986 - 1986 Box 8, Folder 20 Gluck, Bob 1979 - 1984 Box 8, Folder 21 Golding, Alan 1986 - 1987 Box 8, Folder 22 Gordon, Peter 1975 - 1975 Box 8, Folder 23 Gorham, John Box 8, Folder 24 Gottlieb, Michael 1977 - 1985 Box 8, Folder 25 Gray, Darrell 1974 - 1977 Box 8, Folder 26 Greene, Tinker Box 8, Folder 27 Greenwald, Ted 1977 - 1982 Box 8, Folder 28 Grenier, Robert 1970 - 1985 Box 9, Folder 1 Grossinger, Richard 1975 - 1975 Box 9, Folder 2 Gurnis, Peter 1978 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 3 H-miscellaneous Box 9, Folder 4 Hagedorn, Jessica 1986 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 5 Haining, Jim 1972 - 1980

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Box 9, Folder 6 Hall, Donal 1980 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 7 Harryman, Carla 1982 - 1982 Box 9, Folder 8 Hartley, George 1986 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 9 Hartman, Anna 1979 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 10 Hartz, Jim 1980 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 11 Harwood, Lee 1984 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 12 Hass, Robert 1982 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 13 Hartlen, Burt 1980 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 14 Hejinian, Lyn 1976 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 15 Henkin, Bill 1982 - 1982 Box 9, Folder 16 Hickman, Leland 1982 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 17 Higgins, Dick 1977 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 18 Higgs, Kimball 1982 - 1982 Box 9, Folder 19 Hirschman, Jack Box 9, Folder 20 Hocquard, Emmanuel 1985 - 1985 Box 9, Folder 21 Hollo, Anselm 1980 - 1980 Box 9, Folder 22 Hoogstraten, Harry 1981 - 1981 Box 9, Folder 23 Hoover, Paul 1973 - 1986 Box 9, Folder 24 Hoover, Russell (AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW) 1983 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 25 Hough, Lindy 1969 - 1969 Box 9, Folder 26 Howe, Fanny 1981 - 1985 Box 9, Folder 27 Howe, Susan 1985 - 1985 Box 9, Folder 28 Hudspith, Vicki 1978 - 1983 Box 9, Folder 29 Hunt, Erica 1985 - 1985 Box 9, Folder 30 I-miscellaneous 1930 - 1930 Box 9, Folder 31 Inman, Peter Box 9, Folder 32 Irby, Kenneth 1968 - 1983 Box 9, Folder 33 J-miscellaneous Box 9, Folder 34 Jameson, Fredric 1981 - 1984 Box 9, Folder 35 Jenkins, Len Box 10, Folder 1 Jewett, Mancy Box 10, Folder 2 Johnson, Ron 1972 - 1972 Box 10, Folder 3 Junker, Howard 1985 - 1986 Box 10, Folder 4 K-miscellaneous Box 10, Folder 5 Kabza, Tod 1974 - 1977 Box 10, Folder 6 Kahn, Paul 1975 - 1980 Box 10, Folder 7 Kaplan, Ed 1983 - 1983 Box 10, Folder 8 Keim, William Box 10, Folder 9 Kelly, Robert 1968 - 1971 Box 10, Folder 10 Kessler, Stephen (Alcatraz Editions) 1981 - 1981 Box 10, Folder 11 Koch, Kenneth 1985 - 1985 Box 10, Folder 12 Kolokithas, Dawn 1980 - 1986 Box 10, Folder 13 Korzeniowsky, Carole 1977 - 1977 Box 10, Folder 14 Koshel, Ann 1983 - 1983 Box 10, Folder 15 Kostelanetz, Richard 1972 - 1980 Box 10, Folder 16 Kyger, Joanne Box 10, Folder 17 L-miscellaneous Box 10, Folder 18 La Charity, Ralph 1977 - 1982 Box 10, Folder 19 La Polla, Franco 1983 - 1983 Box 10, Folder 20 Lally, Michael 1972 - 1983 Box 10, Folder 21 Lance, Jeanne 1981 - 1986 Box 10, Folder 22 Lansing, Gerrit 1980 - 1980 Box 10, Folder 23 LaPalma, Marina 1982 - 1982 Box 10, Folder 24 Laufer, Susan 1979 - 1979 Box 10, Folder 25 Lauzen, Sarah 1983 - 1984 Box 10, Folder 26 LaVoie, Stephen 1974 - 1985 Box 10, Folder 27 Lazarchuk, Michael-Sean Box 10, Folder 28 Lazer, Hank 1985 - 1985

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Box 10, Folder 29 Learn, Beth 1975 - 1975 Box 10, Folder 30 Leary, Bruce Box 10, Folder 31 Lee, David Box 11, Folder 1 Lenhart, Gary 1980 - 1980 Box 11, Folder 2 Levertov, Denise 1971 - 1971 Box 11, Folder 3 Levine, Steve 1984 - 1984 Box 11, Folder 4 Levy, Andrew 1984 - 1986 Box 11, Folder 5 Lewis, Joel 1981 - 1985 Box 11, Folder 6 Liddy, Jim 1967 - 1967 Box 11, Folder 7 Lischka, Gerhard Johann 1984 - 1984 Box 11, Folder 8 Lonidier, Lynn 1969 - 1969 Box 11, Folder 9 Lorenzo, Rafael 1982 - 1982 Box 11, Folder 10 Lourie, Ivan 1966 - 1981 Box 11, Folder 11 Lourie, Ivan 1966 - 1981 Box 11, Folder 12 Lovedahl, Cecil 1975 - 1976 Box 11, Folder 13 Lowenfels, Walter (DIALOG) 1966 - 1967 Box 11, Folder 14 Luoma, Bill 1982 - 1985 Box 11, Folder 15 M-miscellaneous Box 11, Folder 16 MacAdams, Lewis 1980 - 1980 Box 11, Folder 17 Mac Low, Jackson 1974 - 1985 Box 11, Folder 18 Malone, Kirby 1977 - 1983 Box 11, Folder 19 Mandel, Tom Box 11, Folder 20 Marcus, Morton 1969 - 1969 Box 11, Folder 21 Mariah, Paul (MAN-ROOT) 1971 - 1973 Box 11, Folder 22 Marlatt, Daphne 1965 - 1965 Box 12, Folder 1 Marron, John 1974 - 1986 Box 12, Folder 2 Marshall, Tom 1982 - 1983 Box 12, Folder 3 Mason, John 1982 - 1984 Box 12, Folder 4 Matson, Clive 1980 - 1980 Box 12, Folder 5 Mattingly, George Box 12, Folder 6 Mayer, Bernadette 1983 - 1984 Box 12, Folder 7 Mayer, Bill Box 12, Folder 8 McAleavey, David 1970 - 1985 Box 12, Folder 9 McBride, John Box 12, Folder 10 McCaffery, Steve 1976 - 1985 Box 12, Folder 11 McClure, Michael 1977 - 1977 Box 12, Folder 12 McCurry, Jim 1975 - 1976 Box 12, Folder 13 McDonell, Dan 1980 - 1980 Box 12, Folder 14 McGann, Jerome 1985 - 1986 Box 12, Folder 15 McInerney, Brian 1971 - 1972 Box 12, Folder 16 McPherson, Bruce 1978 - 1982 Box 12, Folder 17 Melnick, David 1972 - 1983 Box 12, Folder 18 Meltzer, David Box 12, Folder 19 Menard, Andrew 1976 - 1976 Box 12, Folder 20 Messerli, Douglas Box 12, Folder 21 Metcalf, Paul 1975 - 1982 Box 12, Folder 22 Meyer, Tom 1968 - 1972 Box 12, Folder 23 Mohr, Bill 1981 - 1983 Box 12, Folder 24 Montag, Tom (MARGINS) 1976 - 1976 Box 13, Folder 1 Moromarco, Fred 1986 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 2 Moriarty, Laura 1987 - 1987 Box 13, Folder 3 Morice, Dave 1971 - 1980 Box 13, Folder 4 Moritz, Al 1976 - 1976 Box 13, Folder 5 Moritz, John 1983 - 1983 Box 13, Folder 6 Morrow, Bradford (CONJUNCTIONS) 1982 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 7 Mosher, Mike 1985 - 1985 Box 13, Folder 8 Mullis, DeLys 1983 - 1983 Box 13, Folder 9 Myles, Eileen

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Box 13, Folder 10 N-miscellaneous Box 13, Folder 11 Nameroff, Rochelle 1979 - 1981 Box 13, Folder 12 Nations, Opal Box 13, Folder 13 Nayer, Louise Box 13, Folder 14 Nolan, Pat 1983 - 1983 Box 13, Folder 15 O-miscellaneous Box 13, Folder 16 OPEN LETTER (Frank Davey, bp Nichol) 1986 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 17 Oppen, Mary 1986 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 18 Ott, Gil 1978 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 19 P-miscellaneous Box 13, Folder 20 Padgett, Ron 1975 - 1982 Box 13, Folder 21 Palmer, Michael 1972 - 1985 Box 13, Folder 22 Parlatore, Anselm (BLUEFISH) 1975 - 1984 Box 13, Folder 23 Patler, Louis 1979 - 1982 Box 13, Folder 24 Patterson, Ian 1984 - 1984 Box 13, Folder 25 Pearson, Ted 1978 - 1978 Box 13, Folder 26 Perelman, Bob 1976 - 1984 Box 13, Folder 27 Phillips, Dennis 1981 - 1982 Box 13, Folder 28 Perloff, Marjorie 1984 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 29 Perrin, Byron 1983 - 1983 Box 13, Folder 30 Perry, David 1967 - 1970 Box 13, Folder 31 Peters, Robert Box 13, Folder 32 Phillips, Frances 1986 - 1986 Box 13, Folder 33 Piombino, Nick 1978 - 1985 Box 13, Folder 34 Piper, Paul Box 13, Folder 35 Plotke, David Box 13, Folder 36 Preston, Jim 1971 - 1984 Box 13, Folder 37 Price, Larry Box 13, Folder 38 Q-miscellaneous Box 13, Folder 39 Quartermain, Peter & Meredith 1985 - 1985 Box 13, Folder 40 Quasha, George 1969 - 1971 Box 14, Folder 1 R-miscellaneous Box 14, Folder 2 Rafferty, Pierce 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 3 Randall, Margaret 1968 - 1969 Box 14, Folder 4 Rapaport, Herman 1986 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 5 Raphael, Dan 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 6 Rasula, Jed 1979 - 1981 Box 14, Folder 7 Ratcliffe, Stephen 1983 - 1984 Box 14, Folder 8 Ratner, Rochelle (THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW) 1980 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 9 Raworth, Tom 1974 - 1979 Box 14, Folder 10 Reeve, Marshall 1980 - 1981 Box 14, Folder 11 Reich, Steve 1975 - 1975 Box 14, Folder 12 Retallack, Joan Box 14, Folder 13 Roberts, Steve 1982 - 1982 Box 14, Folder 14 Robinson, Kit 1975 - 1984 Box 14, Folder 15 Robinson, Nick 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 16 Rodefer, Stephen 1980 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 17 Rosenweig, Phyllis 1985 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 18 Ross, Andrew Box 14, Folder 19 Rothenberg, Jerry 1968 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 20 ROVA (Saxophone Quartet) 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 21 Royet-Journoud, Claude (LZ GAZETTE DE LECTEUR) 1981 - 1981 Box 14, Folder 22 Ruggia, James (The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church) 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 23 S-miscellaneous Box 14, Folder 24 Scalapino, Leslie 1980 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 25 Schelling, Andrew 1985 - 1985 Box 14, Folder 26 Schiff, Harris 1982 - 1982 Box 14, Folder 27 Schjeldahl, Peter 1980 - 1984

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Box 14, Folder 28 Schmitz, Dennis 1968 - 1968 Box 14, Folder 29 Schneider, David 1980 - 1980 Box 14, Folder 30 Schwartz, Stephen Box 14, Folder 31 Schwerner, Armand 1968 - 1968 Box 14, Folder 32 Scott, Jill Box 14, Folder 33 Seaton, Peter 1977 - 1986 Box 14, Folder 34 Selby, Spencer 1986 - 1986 Box 15, Folder 1 Sellard, Eric Box 15, Folder 2 Sheidlower, David (The Coincidence Press) Box 15, Folder 3 Shein, Keith 1977 - 1980 Box 15, Folder 4 Sherry, James 1977 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 5 Shoch, Jim (Democratic Socialists of America) 1985 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 6 Shurin, Aaron Box 15, Folder 7 Siegenthaler, Peter (THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW) 1984 - 1984 Box 15, Folder 8 Simas, Joey 1984 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 9 Simic, Charles 1971 - 1971 Box 15, Folder 10 Smith, Larry (CALIBAN) 1986 - 1986 Box 15, Folder 11 Smith, Phil 1974 - 1975 Box 15, Folder 12 Sonbert, Warren 1981 - 1983 Box 15, Folder 13 Sorcic, Jim 1968 - 1968 Box 15, Folder 14 Stanley, George 1968 - 1969 Box 15, Folder 15 Stein, Charles Box 15, Folder 16 Sternbach, David 1984 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 17 Swensen, Cole 1986 - 1986 Box 15, Folder 18 T-miscellaneous Box 15, Folder 19 Taggart, John 1970 - 1979 Box 15, Folder 20 Taylor, Tom Box 15, Folder 21 Tejada, Robert 1985 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 22 Terdiman, Dick 1982 - 1983 Box 15, Folder 23 Terrell, Carroll 1981 - 1986 Box 15, Folder 24 Towle, Tony Box 15, Folder 25 Trachtenberg, Stanley 1985 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 26 U-miscellaneous Box 15, Folder 27 University of California 1970 - 1982 Box 15, Folder 28 V-miscellaneous Box 15, Folder 29 Valoritis, Nano 1980 - 1980 Box 15, Folder 30 Viek, Claudia 1982 - 1984 Box 15, Folder 31 Viek, Claudia 1982 - 1984 Box 15, Folder 32 Vincent, Stephen 1974 - 1985 Box 15, Folder 33 W-miscellaneous Box 15, Folder 34 Waldman, Anne 1977 - 1983 Box 15, Folder 35 Waldrop, Rosmarie 1973 - 1985 Box 16, Folder 1 Ward, Diane 1977 - 1983 Box 16, Folder 2 Warsh, Lewis 1968 - 1968 Box 16, Folder 3 Watson, Craig 1975 - 1982 Box 16, Folder 4 Watts, Charles Box 16, Folder 5 Weinberger, Eliot 1976 - 1984 Box 16, Folder 6 Weiner, Hannah 1975 - 1986 Box 16, Folder 7 Weiner, Susan Box 16, Folder 8 Weinstein, Norman 1984 - 1984 Box 16, Folder 9 Wellman, Don (O.ARS) 1980 - 1983 Box 16, Folder 10 Wellman, John 1982 - 1982 Box 16, Folder 11 Wesling, Donald 1982 - 1982 Box 16, Folder 12 Westbrook, Bradley D. 1986 - 1986 Box 16, Folder 13 Welt, Bernard 1978 - 1984 Box 16, Folder 14 Whalen, Phil 1973 - 1973 Box 16, Folder 15 Wiater, Michael 1972 - 1973 Box 16, Folder 16 Williams Johathan (The Jargon Society, Inc.) 1969 - 1969

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Box 16, Folder 17 Wilk, David 1976 - 1976 Box 16, Folder 18 Wilson, John 1974 - 1978 Box 16, Folder 19 Winch, Terry 1973 - 1977 Box 16, Folder 20 Wong, Nellie 1979 - 1979 Box 16, Folder 21 Yau, John 1977 - 1983 Box 16, Folder 22 Young, Al 1966 - 1969 Box 16, Folder 23 Young, Geoff 1980 - 1984 Box 16, Folder 24 Young, Karl 1975 - 1985 Box 16, Folder 25 Z-miscellaneous Box 16, Folder 26 Zukofsky, Louis 1969 - 1969 Box 16, Folder 27 Zweig, Ellen 1981 - 1981 WRITINGS

Typescripts

Box 16, Folder 28 Poems 1968 - 1971 Box 16, Folder 29 Poems 1971 - 1972 Box 17, Folder 1 Poems 1972 - 1973 Box 17, Folder 2 Poems 1973 - 1973 Box 17, Folder 3 KETJAK - typescript Oversize LP-003-4 KETJAK- videotape General note A VHS user copy is available: ANP PS3569.I445 K4719 1976.

Box 17, Folder 5 Poems 1975 - 1976 Box 17, Folder 6 Poems 1975 - 1976 Box 17, Folder 7 Poems 1975 - 1976 Box 18, Folder 1 Poems 1976 - 1977 Box 18, Folder 2 AGE OF HUTS Box 18, Folder 3 TJANTING Box 18, Folder 4 TJANTING

Early Poems

Box 18, Folder 5 Poems Retrieved - Vacancies: Poems 1964-5 Box 18, Folder 6 Poems Retrieved - 13 typescript poems circa 1966-1967 Box 18, Folder 7 Poems Retrieved - Poems: 1/66-1/68 Box 18, Folder 8 Poems Retrieved - Moscow Mule 1973 - 1973

Notebooks

Box 18, Folder 9 2197 Box 19, Folder 1 aRb Box 19, Folder 2 Bart 1976 - 1976 Box 19, Folder 3 Blankbook Notebook 1973 - 1974 Box 19, Folder 4 The Chinese Notebook 1974 - 1974 Box 19, Folder 5 Composition book Box 19, Folder 6 Demo Box 20, Folder 1 Force 1979 - 1979 Box 20, Folder 2 Garfield 1982 - 1982 Box 20, Folder 3 Half full notebook 1977 - 1977 Box 20, Folder 4 Hidden 1985 - 1985 Box 20, Folder 5 Ketjak 1974 - 1974 Box 20, Folder 6 Ketjak 1974 - 1974 Box 20, Folder 7 Ketjak 1974 - 1974

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 11 WRITINGS Notebooks

Box 20, Folder 8 Lit 1982 - 1982 Box 21, Folder 1 Manifest 1981 - 1981 Box 21, Folder 2 Oz 1984 - 1985 Box 21, Folder 3 Paradise 1983 - 1983 Box 21, Folder 4 Sitting Up, Standing, Taking Steps 1976 - 1976 Box 21, Folder 5 Skies 1980 - 1981 Box 21, Folder 6 Sunset Debris 1975 - 1976 Box 21, Folder 7 Sunset Debris 1975 - 1976 Box 21, Folder 8 Tjanting 1976 Box 22, Folder 1 Tone 1983 Box 22, Folder 2 Zone 1981

Critical Works and Prose

Box 22, Folder 3 A.M. 1978 - 1978 Box 22, Folder 4 Alphabet of Bees (for Abigail Child) Box 22, Folder 5 Anselm Hollo Box 22, Folder 6 Art with no name Box 22, Folder 7 Barrett Watten Box 22, Folder 8 Beckett Interview (Tom Beckett interviews Ron Silliman for THE DIFFICULTIES) Box 22, Folder 9 Book Reviews by Ron Silliman Box 22, Folder 10 Change Poets Box 23, Folder 1 Charles Bernstein Box 23, Folder 2 Collaboration with Bromige Box 23, Folder 3 College papers 1969 - 1971 Box 23, Folder 4 Composition as Action Box 23, Folder 5 Different Languages Box 23, Folder 6 District Elections Come to the Tenderloin Box 23, Folder 7 Dwelling Place Box 23, Folder 8 For the Vancouver Conference 1985 - 1985 Box 23, Folder 9 Frameworks Box 23, Folder 10 Horizon (talk) 1977 - 1977 Box 23, Folder 11 How can Poetry Flash print an article which actually 1984 - 1984 Box 23, Folder 12 How can we best join in a unified political struggle 1981 - 1981 Box 23, Folder 13 Identification, Reference, Mode Box 23, Folder 14 Ideological Function of the Matrix Box 23, Folder 15 Is there, currently, an American poetry? Box 23, Folder 16 New Prose, New Prose Poem Box 23, Folder 17 NEW SENTENCE - "Contexts" (preface) Box 23, Folder 18 NEW SENTENCE - "Disappearance of the Word, Appearance of the World" Box 23, Folder 19 NEW SENTENCE - Re Writing: Marx" Box 23, Folder 20 NEW SENTENCE - "The Poitical Economy of Poetry" Box 23, Folder 21 NEW SENTENCE - "Benjamin's Aura" Box 23, Folder 22 NEW SENTENCE - "For L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E" Box 23, Folder 23 NEW SENTENCE - "Of Theory, to Practice" Box 23, Folder 24 NEW SENTENCE - "The New Sentence" Box 23, Folder 25 NEW SENTENCE - "Toward Prose" Box 23, Folder 26 NEW SENTENCE - "Migratory Meaning" Box 24, Folder 1 NEW SENTENCE - "Z-sited Path" Box 24, Folder 2 NEW SENTENCE - "Spicer' s Language" Box 24, Folder 3 NEW SENTENCE - "Sentences" Box 24, Folder 4 NEW SENTENCE - "Controlling Interests" Box 24, Folder 5 NEW SENTENCE - "Hannah Weiner" Box 24, Folder 6 NEW SENTENCE - "ZYXT" Box 24, Folder 7 NEW SENTENCE - "Index" Box 24, Folder 8 NEW SENTENCE - Early Version Box 24, Folder 9 NEW SENTENCE - Galleys Box 24, Folder 10 Nice

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 12 WRITINGS Critical Works and Prose

Box 24, Folder 11 On shy to like Larry Eigner Box 24, Folder 12 Opening Box 24, Folder 13 Orders of Meaning Box 24, Folder 14 Performance Box 24, Folder 15 Prison Poems Box 24, Folder 16 Quips and Players Box 24, Folder 17 Re Production Box 24, Folder 18 Reading Ketjak Box 24, Folder 19 Send us a list...of 5 non-poetry books... Box 24, Folder 20 Statement for None of the Above Box 24, Folder 21 The Strong Weekly, J Stone Press Box 24, Folder 22 This Box 24, Folder 23 What of the Voyage? Box 24, Folder 24 While some are being flies, /Others are having examples IN THE AMERICAN TREE

Manuscript

Box 25, Folder 1 Original Manuscript Box 25, Folder 2 Original manuscript Box 25, Folder 3 Original manuscript Box 25, Folder 4 Original manuscript

Correspondence

Box 25, Folder 5 Andrews, Bruce 1981 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 6 Armantrout, Rae 1981 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 7 Beckett, Tom 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 8 Benson, Steve 1981 - 1981 Box 25, Folder 9 Bernheimer, Alan 1981 - 1981 Box 25, Folder 10 Bernstein, Charles Box 25, Folder 11 Bromige, David 1982 - 1984 Box 25, Folder 12 Coolidge, Clark 1981 - 1984 Box 25, Folder 13 Darragh, Tina 1980 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 14 Davidson, Michael 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 15 Davies, Alan 1981 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 16 Day, Jean 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 17 DiPalma, Ray 1981 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 18 Dreyer, Lynne 1982 - 1984 Box 25, Folder 19 Gottlieb, Michael 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 20 Greenwald, Ted 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 21 Grenier, Robert 1981 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 22 Harryman, Carla 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 23 Hejinian, Lyn 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 24 Howe, Fanny 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 25 Howe, Susan 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 26 Hunt, Erica 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 27 Inman, Peter 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 28 Mac Low, Jackson 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 29 Mandel, Tom 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 30 Mason, John 1982 - 1982 Box 25, Folder 31 Mayer, Bernadette 1982 - 1984 Box 25, Folder 32 Melnick, David 1984 Box 25, Folder 33 Messerli, Doug 1981 - 1983 Box 26, Folder 1 Retallack, Joan 1981 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 2 Palmer, Michael 1981 - 1982

Ron Silliman Papers MSS 0075 13 IN THE AMERICAN TREE Correspondence

Box 26, Folder 3 Perelman, Bob 1981 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 4 Piombino, Nick 1982 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 5 Price, Larry 1982 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 6 Robinson, Kit 1981 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 7 Rodefer, Stephen 1982 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 8 Seaton, Peter 1982 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 9 Sherry, James 1982 - 1984 Box 26, Folder 10 Ward, Diane 1981 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 11 Watten, Barrett 1981 - 1981 Box 26, Folder 12 Weiner, Hannah 1981 - 1981 Box 26, Folder 13 Erickson, Buzz (Ross-Erickson Publishers) 1982 - 1984 Box 26, Folder 14 National Poetry Foundation, Inc. (C.F. Terrel, Burton Hatlen] 1984 - 1985 Box 26, Folder 15 Rothenberg, Jerry 1982 - 1982 Box 26, Folder 16 Shoemaker, Jack (Norh Point Press) Box 26, Folder 17 Southern Illinois University Press (Kenney Winters) 1984 - 1984

Production materials

Box 26, Folder 18 Acknowledgements Box 26, Folder 19 Contributors notes Box 26, Folder 20 Miscellaneous materials Box 26, Folder 21 Reviews Box 26, Folder 22 Tentative table of contents 1982 - 1982 ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

Box 26, Folder 26 Originals of Preservation Photocopies

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