Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems Gioia Dana
Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems Gioia Dana 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…
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Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems Gioia Dana
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. Elsewhere, he laments the once-vibrant neighborhood where he grew up, now bulldozed, and recalls his working-class family of immigrants. 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.
Another poem remembers his uncle, a US Merchant Marine. Gioia describes a haunting from his mother on his birthday, Christmas Eve. And "The Ballad of Jess 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
Meet Me at the Lighthouse
Meet Me at the Lake
Meet Me at the Lake
Meet Me at Dawn
Meet Me at Cupcake Café
Meet Me at Pebble Beach
Meet Me at Fir Tree Lodge
Meet Me Under the Mistletoe