Dick Lourie

Dick Lourie is an American poet and the author of eight books, with the most recent as of 2021 being If the Delta was the Sea.

Career

In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[1]

He has edited, along with Mark Pawlak, two anthologies of high school writing Smart Like Me and Bullseye. In 2000, he released a CD, Ghost Radio Blues, a mix of blues and spoken word. He formerly worked as an editor for the University of Massachusetts.[2] The movie Smoke Signals ends with his poem "Forgiving Our Fathers."

Biography

He currently resides in Somerville, Massachusetts, with his wife, Abby Freedman.[3]

Bibliography
  • Ghost Radio. Hanging Loose (1998)
  • If the Delta was the Sea. Hanging Loose (2008)

References
  1. “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post
  2. "Talking with Somerville poet/musician Dick Lourie - The Somerville News Blog". Somervillenews.typepad.com. 2005-03-17. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  3. Ghost Radio by Dick Lourie. Hanging Loose Press: Brooklyn, NY; 1998
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