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Ted Pearson (born 1948 in Palo Alto, California) is an American poet. He is often associated with the Language poets.
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Ted Pearson (born 1948 in Palo Alto, California) is an American poet. He is often associated with the Language poets.
Pearson was born in 1948 in Palo Alto, California. He began studying music in 1960 and began writing poetry in 1964. He subsequently attended VanderCook College of Music (Chicago), Foothill College (Los Altos Hills), and San Francisco State University (BA English, 1971). In 1977, Pearson began his long association with the San Francisco Language Poets, who were then actively involved in creating a new school of innovative writing that emerged in San Francisco, New York, and other places during this period. In 1988, Pearson left the Bay Area, and has since lived in Ithaca, Buffalo, Detroit, Redlands, Oakland, and Houston. He now lives in Northampton, MA, with his wife, Sheila Lloyd.[ citation needed ]
During the 1990s, Pearson was in charge of readings and residencies at Just Buffalo Literary Center. [1]
His poetry has appeared in magazines including the Chicago Review . [2]
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