The James Dickey Reader [Paperback]

This collection of James Dickey's poems and prose includes choice selections of the author's poetry, fiction, and essays, as well as some early unpublished poetry and excerpts from his unfinished novelCrux.Organized chronologically by genre, this is the definitive collection of works by one of the twentieth century's most important talents.James Dickeypublished fifteen books of poetry, four collections of essays, four coffee-table books, three novels, and one screenplay. His book of poetryBuckdancer's Choicereceived the National Book Award, the Poetry Society of America's Melville Cane Award, and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His bestselling first novel,Deliverance,was made into a movie. He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was Poet-in-Residence and First Carolina Professor of English at the University of South Carolina from 1969 until his death in 1997.
Contents

Introduction

Poetry

Introduction

FromInto the Stone

The Vegetable King

The Performance

The Other

Walking on Water

Into the Stone

FromDrowning with Others

The Lifeguard

The Heaven of Animals

A Birth

Fog Envelops the Animals

Between Two Prisoners

Hunting Civil War Relics at Nimblewill Creek

The Hospital Window

FromHelmets

At Darien Bridge

Chenille

Springer Mountain

Cherrylog Road

The Scarred Girl

FromBuckdancer's Choice

The Firebombing

Buckdancer's Choice

Pursuit from Under

Sled Burial, Dream Ceremony

The Fiend

FromFalling, May Day Sermon, and Other Poems

Falling

The Sheep Child

Power and Light

Adultery

Encounter in the Cage Country

May Day Sermon to the l³D