 A book of his, "Selected Poems", was published in 2000, by Rattapallax publishing company and journal, which he helped to found.Dickerson has also written drama, including a one-man play, "A Few Useless Mementos For Sale".Dickerson returned from Lebanon to the United States and became an actor, taking roles in the television series "Hill Street Blues", as Police Commander Swanson, and Detective Williams in David Lynch's film "Blue Velvet" (1986).