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James Dickey as Phi Beta Kappa poet at Harvard University giving a reading, June 1970.

Typescript drafts with corrections of "Four Voices" by James Dickey. Dickey reviews The Brass Serpent by T. Carmi, No Voyage by May Oliver, A Time of Bees by Mona Van Duyn, and Fingers of Hermes by Radcliffe Squires.

Typescript drafts of "Grim, Wild, Dazzling, and Rapt" by James Dickey. Dickey reviews The Wheel of Summer by Joseph Langland, The Nesting Ground by David Wagoner, The Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin by John Malcolm Brinnin, and Spring of the…

Postcard from Richard Wilbur to Dickey, 1955: November 4; typed message to James Dickey; Wilbur gives Dickey permission to quote his poems.

Autograph letter: David Ignatow to Dickey, 1956: August 14; Ignatow writes to update Dickey on his life and asks that he give criticism/comments on some poetry that he intends to mail him.

Typescript letter with autograph: William Meredith to James Dickey, 1956: November 4; Meredith thanks Dickey for his kind review of his work.

Typescript letter: Monroe K. Spears to James Dickey, 1957: January 4; Spears , editor of the Sewanee Review, writes to Dickey to tell him that he wishes to publish "The Red Bow" and he also asks Dickey to review some suggested poems.

Typescript letter with autograph: David Ignatow to James Dickey, 1957: January 31; Ignatow updates Dickey on his life and on the lives of mutual acquaintances.

Postcard, typed with autograph: May Swenson to James Dickey, 1957: February 26; Swenson, from the editorial department of New Directions, rejected Dickey's "The Host" because it was submitted too late to be included in the issue. She suggested he…

Typescript letter with autograph: Geoffrey Hill to James Dickey, 1957: March 25; handwritten message added; Hill thanks Dickey for his help in getting some of his work published; he also updates Dickey on his other work.