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James Dickey's creativity as a poet is well known. But there have been few opportunities for his readers to become familiar with the full dimensions of his mind, with the thoughts and perceptions that lie just outside the matter of his poetry. <p>"Sorties" brings together the contents of a journal kept by Dickey for several years and six discerning essays on poetry and the creative process. The journal follows Dickey's mind as it alights on a wide array of topics, ranging from the work of his colleagues to the plotting of a new novel, from the onset of old age to pride over accomplishments in archery and guitar playing. Dickey can be blunt in his opinions, as when he states that "a second-rate writer like Norman Mailer will sit around wondering what on earth it is that Hemingway had that Mailer might possibly be able to get." But the journal also reveals a great capacity for sympathy, as when Dickey tells of his father's long illness, and a revealing candor--"I am Lewis," he writes of his novel Deliverance, "every word is true."</p> <p>The journal is at its most revealing, however, when Dickey discusses the craft of poetry. "It is good for a poet to remember," he writes, "that the
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- James Dickey
- Publisher
- Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807111406
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.44 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14