Overton, Ron

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OVERTON, Ron

OVERTON, Ron. American, b. 1943. Genres: Poetry. Career: Barrington College, Barrington, RI, instructor, 1967-69; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, poet in residence, 1979; Empire State College of the State University of New York, mentor, 1982-84; State University of New York at Stony Brook, lecturer in English, specializing in developmental writing and English as a second language, 1983-. Publications: POETRY: Dead Reckoning, 1979; Love on the Alexander Hamilton, 1985; Hotel Me: Poems for Gil Evans and Others, 1994; Psychic Killed by Train, 2002. Contributor of articles and poems to periodicals; freelance writer on jazz music and musicians. Address: Program of Writing and Rhetoric, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5350, U.S.A. Online address: roverton@ms.cc.sunysb.edu; roverton@hotmail.com

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