Teaching Poetry A True Performance For James Dickey
James Dickey teacher of verse at the University of South Carolina conducts a poetry class as if a live performance. He guides a dozen students through discussions of writers, contrasting art for art's sake with raw experience, while delivering sharp witticisms about literary figures. Dickey, a prolific author and two term Library of Congress Poetry Consultant, shapes the session into a learning event.
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James Dickey Brings Power and Patience to USC Poetry Class
Georgia born author James Dickey, famed for Deliverance, mentors USC students with brisk authority and rare warmth. He quotes Edwin Arlington Robinson and Robert Lowell, shares craft philosophy, and juggles eight projects, including a sequel to Alnilam, while teaching two courses twice weekly.
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