{"product_id":"meet-me-at-the-lighthouse-poems-9781644452158","title":"Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wondrous new collection by Dana Gioia, \"one of America's premier poets and critics\" (Julia Alvarez). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDana 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 \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Jesús 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding poems, song lyrics, translations, and concluding with an unsettling train ride to the underworld, \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous exploration of nostalgia, mortality, and what makes a life worth living and remembering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644452158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561919647925,"sku":"9781644452158","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ec35644e-1c6d-449d-9550-a16de263b5c9.jpg?v=1670942969","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/meet-me-at-the-lighthouse-poems-9781644452158","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}