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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Ron Padgett
![Ron Padgett](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: June 17, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Ron Padgett is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School. Bean Spasms, Padget's first collection of poems, was published in 1967 and written with Ted Berrigan. He won a 2009 Shelley Memorial Award.
Known for:
- How to Be Perfect (2007)
- Collected Poems (2013)
- Oklahoma Tough (2003)
- Alone and Not Alone (2015)