{"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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11807336\"\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.39h x 5.07w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644452158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644452154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005070\"\u003eAmerican | Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous collections, including \u003ci\u003e99 Poems: New \u0026amp; Selected\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Poets' Prize, and \u003ci\u003eInterrogations at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the American Book Award. He is the former California Poet Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889896501535,"sku":"1644452154","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_223d3a4a-650f-4fc5-a43b-0b6516384cb6.jpg?v=1719845328","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/meet-me-at-the-lighthouse-poems-9781644452158","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}