Ruth Dickey’s first book, Mud Blooms, was selected for the MURAAward from Harbor Mountain Press and awarded a 2019 Silver Nautilus. The recipient of a Mayor’s Arts Award from Washington DC, and a grant from the DC Commission and Arts and Humanities, Ruth is an ardent fan of dogs and coffee, and is in the […]
Ruth Dickey
Ruth Dickey: Echo aria
I want a closet big enough to hold all possible selves, want under-bed boxes for nightmares, want cacti and palm trees and bougainvillea and gardenia, want what can’t possibly grow here or together. I dreamed my ex came and stole all the things from two random drawers, dreamed of trespassing at our old house: the […]