{"product_id":"9780819570970","title":"Buckdancer's Choice: Poems","description":"\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.","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130085097712,"sku":"9780819570970","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780819570970_p0.jpg?v=1763747419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819570970","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}