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Fielding Dawson
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He was also a painter and collagist whose works were seen in several books of poetry and many literary magazines. Born in New York City, Dawson was known for his stream-of-consciousness style. Much of his work was lax in punctuation to emphasize the immediacy of thought.
Additionally, dialogue would often be used to break this up.
His lack of deference toward tradition in writing, other than that of the necessity to evoke humanity, often painfully raw, is what puts him in the category of many of his better-known contemporaries, such as Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg. Dawson was still writing up until his unexpected death in January 2002.
He was recently called "The Best Saint Louis Writer You"ve Never Read" by David Clewell, a professor of history at Webster University.
