{"product_id":"buckdancers-choice","title":"Buckdancer's Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52317749051608,"sku":"9780819510280","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_03af6a00-a115-46cd-a28f-626eee498333.jpg?v=1787949832","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/buckdancers-choice","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}