{"product_id":"buckdancers-choice-poems-9780819510280","title":"Buckdancer's Choice: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetry that is a blend of superb gift and subtle imagination by a mature and original poet at his finest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award (1966)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Melville Cane Award (1966)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhoever looks to a new book by James Dickeys for further work in an established mode, or for mere novelty, is going to be disappointed. But those who seek instead a true widening of the horizons of meaning, coupled with a sure-handed mastery of the craft of poetry, will find this latest collection satisfying indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a man who matches superb gifts with a truly subtle imagination, into whose depths he is courageously traveling--pioneering--in exploratory penetrations into areas of life that are too often evaded or denied. \"The Firebombing,\" \"Slave Quarters,\" \"The Fiend\"--these poems, with the others that comprise the present volume, show a mature and original poet at his finest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819510280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 6.48w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner","brand":"James Dickey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150273380533,"sku":"9780819510280","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1eba6ea8-95b7-431d-a40b-70426bbd66b0.jpg?v=1696345080","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/buckdancers-choice-poems-9780819510280","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}