James Dickey
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Deliverance Revisited: Its relevance to modern American culture is enough to give alumnus James Dickey’s acclaimed novel another look
Fifty years later, finally it may be time to give this novel another chance. Deliverance offers too much relevance to contemporary American culture to let it slip past us, out of print. Read MoreOct 29, 2020
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The Writing That Binds: Two decades after a botched interview, two college friends reconnect
By Bryant Palmer, BA’95 JON KRAUSE It’s 1994, and I’m in the offices of the Vanderbilt Hustler at 10 a.m. on a Wednesday. I spend as much time here as anywhere else on campus, but not usually this early. I’ve got a phone interview, not with a dean… Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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The Last Wild River
Deliverance Helped Make James Dickey, BA’49, MA’50, a Household Name. Forty Years Later It Casts a Long Shadow over Southern Appalachia. Read MoreFeb 22, 2014