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Mr. Autry's first published books were poetry. His poetry received national attention when Bill Moyers chose to feature Mr. Autry on his "Power of the Word" Series. The interview with Mr. Autry from this series won an Emmy. Jim Autry does regular poetry readings in schools and communities. He also is co-founder of the nationally known Des Moines National Poetry Festival now beyond its tenth year. In the fall of 1991 the Kentucky Poetry Review published a James A Autry issue and had this to say: "In the words of fellow Mississippian Willie Morris, many of Autry's poems are a 'tribute to his Mississippi roots, to the places and people that nurtured him and which now sustain him in the corporate boardrooms of America, in anonymous, scented hotel rooms, on 747 flights from New York to L.A. while he sits strapped in his seat writing about half-forgotten funerals in country churchyards.' Whether writing about his boyhood experiences in Mississippi and Tennessee or about pressures of corporate life, however, Autry's poems are the products of a man gifted with something positive to say and the talent to say it...." Kentucky Poetry Review, James A. Autry issue. Vol. 27 #2 fall 1991. |
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James A. Autry: Poet