James Dickey

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Patricia Marx sits down with Southern poet James Dickey to discuss his introduction to writing and the inspirations for his work. Dickey affirms that a writer must pursue interests outside the literary arts, viewing poetry as an "interpretive art" informed by a writer's sundry experiences of the external world. Throughout the conversation, Dickey describes inspiration as "communication from the beyond"--a haunting of irrational associations continuously floating to the surface of his consciousness. By grappling with these insights, Dickey strives to uncover and pen profound truths through poetry.

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