Out of the different authors and works that we've studied so far, I found that James Dickey was pretty interesting. I thought that the way he wrote was unique. He did not use any fancy literary techniques: he simply wrote about things as they were, the way he understood them through his five senses. The imagery was interesting.

As our discussion group researched his works more, he only became more interesting. The poems did not seem to have very much in common at first... but as we found out more and more about his life, his personality, and his experiences, we began to see how the poems and his life tied together so perfectly. Everything seemed to mirror an experience he had, or somehow reflected his way of thinking.... and they even came to have more in common with each other.

Finally, I found it pretty cool that he not only attended Clemson, but played on the football team here!

All in all, while he might not have been the best of people, morally, he was a very interesting person.