Ghost Radio [Paperback]

Dick Lourie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1998

"Dick Lourie's work has never failed to give me a keen sense of his integrity and individuality. His sturdy syllabic prosody provides a natural framework for his quintessentially American themes...."--Denise Levertov Features the poem "Forgiving Our Fathers" as read on Sherman Alexie's film SMOKE SIGNALS.

Editorial Reviews

Review

1954
An Address On Greek Myth Given During A Short Visit To Ithac
All Aboard
Among The Dworkins
Another Road Less Traveled By
Apollo
At Fifty-nine
At The Shore
Baggage
Bhs
Blues From Clarksdale
Cleaning The Desk
Commemoration
Comparative Linguistics
Connections
Control
Delta Blues Tours
Doo Wop
Ebbets Field
Elegy
Fable
First Love Poem In A Long Time
Forgiving Our Fathers
Fortieth High School Reunion
Four Letters To The Dead: Carol Baum
Four Letters To The Dead: Cynthia Lasky
Four Letters To The Dead: Gloria Lourie Scheiner
Four Letters To The Dead: John Gill
Friends In Dreams
Friendship
The Gay Issue In America
George Bush And Peter Pan (1991)
Giving Up Coffee
Gloss On Me And Bobby Mcgee
Grand Tour 1963
High School In The Fifties
In The Catskills Again
Indian Suicide Rates
Jewish
Justice
Life And Art
The Little Richard Suite: 1. The Birth Of Little Richard
The Little Richard Suite: 2. Succession
The Little Richard Suite: 3. Classic Hits And Oldies
The Little Richard Suite: 4. Rock And Roll - Rthym And Blues
Love Note
Lyric Sonnet
Middle Age
My Father's Wire Recorder
News To Me
Pastoral
The Perfect Blend: 1. At The Sky Cap
The Perfect Blend: 2. How I Got There
The Perfect Blend: 3. My Adjustment
The Perfect Blend: 4. Ethnography Lecture
The Perfect Blend: 5. The History Of The Perfect Blend
The Perfect Blend: 6. Playlist
The Perfect Blend: 7. Song In Praise
The Perfect Blend: 8. Perfect Blend Jokes
The Persistence Of Memory
Poem For My Uncle Sam Scheiner's 65th Birthday, November,'89
Portrait In Rhythm And Blues
Questions About The Blues
Rage
The Real Mount Rushmore
Remembering Roy Orbison
Rest Easy Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan: Night Shift
The Sacramental Life
Saxophone
Seven Answers Chosen At Random To The Same Question
Song Embodying What I've Learned In Twenty-five Years
Spring
Team Sports
The Tenor Sax And The Brooklyn Dodgers
Theories Of Alien Abduction: Poem For My Mother's 80th Birth
Twelve-bar Blues
Two Sonnets On The Death Of Richard Nixon
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

Since 1968, Dick Lourie's poetry has appeared in such publications as VERSE, EXQUISITE CORPSE, THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW, ACM, SUN, and MS. MAGAZINE. This is his seventh individual collection. A musician as well as a poet, he plays tenor sax and trumpet with a 50s rock and roll band, the Blue Suede Boppers; with a doo wop group, the G-Clefs; and with blues musician Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers. Lourie has been an editor at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 1985. He and his wife, Abby Freedman, an independent film maker, live in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 117 pages
• Publisher: Hanging Loose Press (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882413482
• ISBN-13: 978-1882413485
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,008,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Narrative and Lyric Poetry, August 9, 1999

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Ellen M. Shull (San Antonio,, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost Radio (Paperback)

Hey, you don't have to be a poetry reader to enjoy these great poems. Of course, you probably heard "Forgiving Our Fathers" at the end of Smoke Signals, but that is only the beginning. Many other father poems, lots of humor ("George Bush and Peter Pan" and "rest easy Bill Clinton"). Dare to read poetry. This guy will have you hooked in no time. All I have to say is thanks to Sherman Alexie for making sure I read Dick Lourie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forgiveness is heartrending., September 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ghost Radio (Paperback)

I saw "Smoke Signals" about a month ago and have been searching for the poem about forgiving our fathers that long. The paradoxical lines were like drums. Each half of a line would impact and then the next half would thunder. It's worth the money to have the book for that poem. I find it very difficult to read poetry but I could relate to these sentiments. Thank you, Dick Lourie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Becoming a fan, June 15, 2001

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Carlos Alberto Lugarinho (Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost Radio (Paperback)

It isn't strange that after watching "Smoke Signals" one tries to get along with Louri's literature. However to me, a brazilian, it was almost impossible, if not for Amazon Books. After reading 'Ghost Radio',the pleasure caused by powerful words was greater than the language/cultural barrier. The poems about family and music are of universal beauty and strength. The political poems, though interesting, are "too american" to a foreigner. "Forgiving our Fathers" is a piece of art, touching hard and talking softly to our hearts. Thank you Dick for letting me open a new horizon.