Gioia Dana - Meet Me At The Lighthouse Poems - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A wondrous new collection by Dana Gioia one of America's premier poets and critics (Julia Alvarez). Dana Gioia has been hailed for decades as a master of traditional lyric forms whose expansive and accessible poems are offerings of rare poignancy and insight. In Meet Me at the Lighthouse he invites us back to old Los Angeles where the shabby nightclub of the title beckons us into its noirish immortality. Elsewhere he laments the once - vibrant neighborhood where he grew up now bulldozed and recalls his working - class family of immigrants. Gioia describes a haunting from his mother on his birthday Christmas Eve. Another poem remembers his uncle a US Merchant Marine. And The Ballad of Jes's Ortiz tells the story of his great - grandfather a Mexican vaquero who was shot dead at a tavern in Wyoming during a dispute over a bar tab. I praise my ancestors the unkillable poor Gioia writes. This book is dedicated to their memory. Including poems song lyrics translations and concluding with an unsettling train ride to the underworld Meet Me at the Lighthouse is a luminous exploration of nostalgia mortality and what makes a life worth living and remembering.
Title: Meet Me At The Lighthouse Poems
Author(s): Gioia Dana
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Barcode: 9781644452158
Pages: 72 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/7/2023
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets