Ron Drummond

Ronald N. Drummond (born 1959 in Seattle , Washington ) is a writer , editor, and independent scholar .

Writer [ edit ]

Ron Drummond is the author of "The Sonic Rituals of Pauline Oliveros "; ^[1] "The Frequency of Liberation", ^[2] a critical fiction about the novels of Steve Erickson ; "Ducre in Euphonia: Ideal and Influence in Berlioz "; ^[3] "Broken Seashells,", ^[4] an essay/meditation on ancestral memory and the music of Jethro Tull ; and the introductory essays for the 8-volume edition in score and parts of The Vienna String Quartets of Anton Reicha ; ^[5] and other essays, fictions, poems, reviews, and interviews. More recent publications include a short story, "Troll," ^[6] published in Black Clock , and a performance essay on the Tokyo String Quartet . ^[7]

Editor [ edit ]

As an editor, Drummond worked with the novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany on the essay collections The Straits of Messina (1989), ^[8] Longer Views (1996), ^[9] the novel They Fly at Ciron (1993), ^[10] collection Atlantis: Three Tales (1995), ^[11] a novel-in-progress, Shoat Rumblin (2002), and Dark Reflections (2007); he was the publisher of Ciron and Atlantis . Drummond is also a proofreader and editorial redactor of Delany's most famous novel, Dhalgren (Bantam Books, 1974; Wesleyan University Press, 1996; Vintage Books, 2001). Delany wrote, "Ron's editorial acumen is the highest I have encountered in a professional writing career of more than thirty years." ^[12] In March 2006, Drummond gave a talk on "Editing Samuel R. Delany" at an international academic conference on Delany's life and work held at SUNY Buffalo. ^[13]

Drummond also worked with novelist John Crowley , publishing Crowley's short story collection Antiquities (1993), ^[14] editing the novels Dæmonomania (2000) ^[15] and Endless Things (2007), and the electronic versions of Ægypt and Love & Sleep (ElectricStory.com, 2002). He sold subscriptions for a deluxe 25th anniversary edition [5] of Crowley's 1981 novel Little, Big , slated for publication in 2007, and finally published in October 2022.

Designer [ edit ]

From September 2002 through June 2003, Drummond created an original design for the World Trade Center Memorial called 'A Garden Stepping into the Sky'. The design was the focus of a documentary by independent filmmaker Gregg Lachow ^[16] and was featured on CNN.com and Seattle's KOMO-TV News .

References [ edit ]

^ [1] Uncle Jam and The Music Paper of New York , 1986).
^ [2] Science Fiction Eye , 1993.
^ 2003 Cambridge Music Festival Programme , Cambridge UK, 2003.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2006 . Retrieved November 11, 2006 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link ) Black Clock #4, Fall Winter 2005-06.
^ Merton Music [3] , (London, 2006).
^ Black Clock #11, Fall 2009/Winter 2010
^ [4] "The Tokyo String Quartet Performs," Classical.Net , March 2011
^ Samuel R. Delany, The Straits of Messina (Serconia Press, Seattle, 1989): see dedication page (p. v) and publisher's note (p. iv).
^ Samuel R. Delany, Longer Views (Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Lebanon NH, 1996): see author's "Preface" (p. x).
^ Samuel R. Delany, They Fly at Ciron ( Incunabula , Seattle, 1993): see author's "Note" (p. vii) and publisher's note (p. 173).
^ Samuel R. Delany, Atlantis: Three Tales (Incunabula, Seattle, 1995; Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Lebanon NH, 1995): author's note (p. iv).
^ As per Drummond's on-line c.v. See also Delany's comment on Drummond in About Writing (Wesleyan University Press, 2005), p. 279.
^ See L. Timmel Duchamp's Delany Conference review .
^ John Crowley, Antiquities ( Incunabula , Seattle, 1993): see publisher's note (p. 103).
^ John Crowley, Dæmonomania (Bantam Books, New York, 2000): see "Author's Note" (p. 453).
^ A brief review was published in Seattle's independent weekly newspaper The Stranger .

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[1] [1] Uncle Jam and The Music Paper of New York , 1986).

[2] [2] Science Fiction Eye , 1993.

[3] 2003 Cambridge Music Festival Programme , Cambridge UK, 2003.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2006 . Retrieved November 11, 2006 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link ) Black Clock #4, Fall Winter 2005-06.

[5] Merton Music [3] , (London, 2006).

[6] Black Clock #11, Fall 2009/Winter 2010

[7] [4] "The Tokyo String Quartet Performs," Classical.Net , March 2011

[8] Samuel R. Delany, The Straits of Messina (Serconia Press, Seattle, 1989): see dedication page (p. v) and publisher's note (p. iv).

[9] Samuel R. Delany, Longer Views (Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Lebanon NH, 1996): see author's "Preface" (p. x).

[10] Samuel R. Delany, They Fly at Ciron ( Incunabula , Seattle, 1993): see author's "Note" (p. vii) and publisher's note (p. 173).

[11] Samuel R. Delany, Atlantis: Three Tales (Incunabula, Seattle, 1995; Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England, Lebanon NH, 1995): author's note (p. iv).

[12] As per Drummond's on-line c.v. See also Delany's comment on Drummond in About Writing (Wesleyan University Press, 2005), p. 279.

[13] See L. Timmel Duchamp's Delany Conference review .

[14] John Crowley, Antiquities ( Incunabula , Seattle, 1993): see publisher's note (p. 103).

[15] John Crowley, Dæmonomania (Bantam Books, New York, 2000): see "Author's Note" (p. 453).

[16] A brief review was published in Seattle's independent weekly newspaper The Stranger .

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