He deals with the root of independent thought. And Berry is heading the upcoming Hamlet festivities to boot. After high school, he servedin the Army as a medic in Vietnam for three years, according to the Mississippi Writers and Musicians Project of Starkville High web site. He earned his bachelor's in premed from Delta State and his doctorate in literatrure from the University of Tennessee in 1972 before he came to USM to teach poetry. I was first influenced by E.E. Cummings and William Carlos Williams.
Writers are erasers.
Berry's newest book, Divorce Boxing, is available in the USM Hub Bookstore.