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James Dickey Newsletter, Volume One, Number One,
appeared in Fall 1984, under the supervision of the founding editor,
Joyce M. Pair, Ph.D., professor of English at DeKalb College, Atlanta,
GA. A distinguished Editorial Board provided invaluable start-up advice
as well as on-going support. The original board included Matthew J.
Bruccoli, University of South Carolina; Louis D. Rubin, Jr. , Editor of
Algonquin Press; Dave Smith, Virginia Commonwealth; Monroe Spears
(1916-1998), Professor Emeritus Rice Institute; Floyd C. Watkins, Jr.,
Emory University; and Calhoun Winton, University of Maryland. Richard
J. Calhoun, a member of the original Advising/Contributing Editorial
Board, has since joined the senior board.
Equally distinguished members of an
Advising/Contributing Editorial panel provided practical guidance and
support necessary to a new publication. The original editors include
Ronald Baughman, University of South Carolina; David Bottoms (whose
help and advice were essential), Georgia State University; Jane
Bowers-Hill, University of Georgia; Richard J. Calhoun, Clemson
University; Fred Chappell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
Robert C. Covel, Graduate Program, Georgia State University; Robert W.
Hill, Clemson University; T. R.Hummer, Kenyon College; Laurence
Lieberman, University of Illinois; Hugh Moore, Georgia Institute of
Technology; Gordon Van Ness, who at that time at University of South
Carolina completing his dissertation on Dickey's work under the
guidance of Matthew J. Bruccoli; Bruce Weigl, Old Dominion University;
and Lamar York, DeKalb Community College. These Dickey scholars have
contributed much to both James Dickey Newsletter and the field
of Dickey authorship and critical studies.
Other Dickey scholars have served as
Advising/Contributing Editors: they are Edith Blicksilver, Georgia
Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Boleman-Herring, Clemson University;
Douglas Keesey, CalPoly Institute of Technology; Robert Kirschten,
University of Ohio; Jonathan Little; Rick Lott, Arkansas State
University;T. W. Stanford, University of America; Catholic Ernest
Suarez, Catholic University of America; and William A. Wright, Catholic
University of America.
Publication twice annually, in the fall and in the
spring, has continued uninterrupted. In the new millennium, James
Dickey Newsletter, has relocated its editorial and publication
offices to the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.
Contents of the Newsletter include literary
criticism of Dickey’s work and comparative studies with works of
others, as well as an on-going bibliography. Biographical information,
reviews, interviews, lectures, news items, queries, and a few original
poems of high quality are included. An Index is published every
five years. The Index issues may be purchased separately (click here to order).
The Newsletter, assigned International Standard
Series Number (ISSN) 0749-0291, is indexed in The Modern Language
Association International Bibliography and The Humanities Index.
It is catalogued in the Library of Congress.
Supported by subscription sales in the United States
and Europe to individuals and to institutions, the James Dickey
Newsletter seeks wider distribution, thus more income to continue
its goal of promoting literary and educational appreciation of the work
of James Dickey. In 2003-2004, the following programs at the University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, offered financial assistance in
support of the newsletter: Department of English, Institute for
Southern Studies, Preston Residential College and the College of
Liberal Arts.
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