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Seay’s publications include four collections of poetry Open Field, Understory: New and Selected Poems, two limited editions of poetry, and a documentary film In the Blood, co-written with director George Butler. His poetry has been selected for inclusion in some thirty anthologies.
From the Understory: A View of James Seay’s Poetry. by Billy Reynolds. The black-and-white photograph on the front jacket of James Seay’s Open Field, Understory, New and Selected Poems (1997) is the most stunning image on a book of poetry that I can recall in years. The photographer, Erik Kridakorn, is situated within the dark understory ...
Poet and documentary filmmaker James Edward Seay III came from a background that made him an unlikely candidate for a future career in literature. Born on 1 January 1939 in Panola County, Seay came from a family that was closer to the earth than to education—lumbermen, farmers, and blacksmiths. Seay became the first member of […]
By James Seay. 184 pp., 5.5 x 8.5. James Seay's essays reflect a poet's eye for detail and a seeker's wrestling with life's big questions and experiences: what it means to be a parent, losing a child, confronting mental illness, observing and living through the collision of cultures, finding the universal in the particularity of every day.
By James Seay. James Seay’s work has been published in *Harper’s*, *The New Yorker*, *Oxford American*, and others. He is the recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
by James Seay. I made a deal with the deer: I plant double, you take your half, I take my half. They broke the deal before the ink was dry. Shoots of corn and beans, and later the flowers of peppers both hot and sweet — cayenne, tabasco, California Wonder — the deer went deep into my half for any tender offering. Even my heirloom zinnias.
Sep 1, 1997 · by Julia Bryan. James Seay’s newest book, Open Field, Understory, contains new poems and selections from his earlier books. The collection, arranged from latest to first, evokes a journey back toward beginnings. It is an exploration of Seay’s craft.
