To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about. James Dickey earnfeelfirebomb Change image and share on social
I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that. James Dickey claimcraftdubious share on social
I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. James Dickey feverpoetrytranquillity Change image and share on social
She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. James Dickey americangarlandjudy Change image and share on social
A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. James Dickey hopelightningpoet Change image and share on social
The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity. James Dickey complicitydeepfelt Change image and share on social
He can't imagine the result of the mission because he never saw it. James Dickey imaginemissionresult Change image and share on social
You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine. James Dickey bindfinehunch Change image and share on social
I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please? James Dickey stand Change image and share on social
I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome. James Dickey banjoduelinghear Change image and share on social
