James Dickey
A Literary Life
- 2022 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Biography (Adult Nonfiction)
This literary biography centers on James Dickey as poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and teacher, a man who throughout his life did what writers are supposed to do-—write. Here, author Gordon Van Ness shows Dickey's artistic beginnings and the rise and fall of his career, the man as a writer. Dickey's life was indeed complicated, but his words endure, and they merit the highest attention.
