“James Dickey is the high flier of contemporary American poets. In The Eagle’s Mile he is flying higher than ever, so high the earth is reduced to its elements, its essential radiance” —John Updike

“This is breathless breath-taking torrential poetry in the high metaphysical style.” —Karl Shapiro

FROM THE BOOK

“Who told you that the sea said something,
Something toward the beaches?
Let it spread more, belligerent with light,
Saying one thing, resounding,
Up front for all of us!
--From The Eagle’s Mile

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