My father, James Dickey, reading a children’s book he wrote about my son, Tucky, back in 1980. Pure delight …
Christopher Dickey is the author of six books, including "Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force - The NYPD," picked by the New York Times as one of the notable books of 2009. Chris is currently the Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Editor for Newsweek & The Daily Beast.
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April 14, 2013
April 13, 2013
This family photograph, one of my favorites, is of my father, James Dickey, and me at Hampton Court in 1954.
I want to thank Robin Young, Alex Ashlock and the whole team at “Here and Now” for doing such a great job on the segment Friday about The Complete Poems of James Dickey. You can read more, and hear the entire presentation, plus a bonus audio clip, right here.
April 13, 2013
A recent picture of my parents’ grave at All Saints Waccamaw in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina
April 12, 2013
"I will be on WBUR / NPR Here & Now Friday at 12:00 EDT talking about “James Dickey Complete Poems” ed by Ward Briggs http://t.co/b3bUYOeixw"
— Twitter @csdickey
April 11, 2013
Susana Trimarco talks with me about her stolen daughter, Marita, at the Women in the World Summit last week.
April 6, 2013
Women in the World 2013, the Last Dance.
April 6, 2013
Quick clip onstage dancing at the finale of Women in the World, with Tina Brown, Joy Ezeilo, Sara (Spanx) Blakely, the Me n Ma Girls and more. (Meryl Streep and other stars were up there, too…)
April 6, 2013
Me n Ma Girls, singers from Burma, backstage at Women in the World #wiw13
April 5, 2013
Hillary Clinton, after her speech at #WiW13, watching Chelsea moderate a panel
April 5, 2013
Angelina Jolie speaking about Pakistan’s wounded teenage activist Malala Yousafzai at the extraordinary Women in the World Summit last night. Today - Hillary Clinton and many more great speakers. #wiw13
March 31, 2013
Easter Sunday on the Mall in Central Park: A Cathedral of Elms
For more in this series see American Byways
March 31, 2013
N.Y.C. SEWER
MADE IN CHINA
In case you were wondering. This manhole cover is on Park Avenue.
March 25, 2013
“Lord let me die, but not die out”: James Dickey reading one of his most famous poems: “For the Last Wolverine”
From the new James Dickey channel on YouTube
March 25, 2013
Two of the great poets of the late 20th century, James Dickey and Robert Lowell, talk about dreams and nightmares.
March 18, 2013
Vatican: @SistineSeagull was a 15-sec celeb atop “white smoke” chimney. Now he thinks he owns the place. #Pope
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Couple in Paris, from “Couples” by Ellen von Unwerth
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photo by Enzo Penna
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the perils of writing, F.Scott Fitzgerald's letter to his 15 year old daughter
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, N.C.October 20, 1936
Dearest Scottina:
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
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photo by Helmut Newton
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This Is What It Looks Like When Syria Bombs a University
Two explosions rocked Syria’s Aleppo University on Tuesday, the very first day of the...
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[“Shame,” by Imad Gebrayel and Jeremy Menchik. For full size image, click here.]
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This is the trailer for the documentary film “5 Broken Cameras”.
There are five cameras – each with a story of...
