 His poetry was praised by novelist Norman Mailer.He maintained long term friendships with many well-known artists, including songwriter Leonard Cohen, actor Richard Widmark, playwright Arthur Miller, actor Roscoe Lee Browne, opera soprano Leontyne Price, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sister, Norma Ellis, John Farrar, and ex-Poet Laureate Mark Strand.In the 1970s, after a decade in the literary world, Dickerson worked as Press Secretary and speech writer for U.S.