Dick Lourie

Dick Lourie is a poet and the author of eight books. His most recent collection, If the Delta was the Sea, is available from Hanging Loose Press.

Professional life

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. A musician as well as a poet, Lourie plays the tenor sax and trumpet with the Blue Suede Boppers, the G-Clefs, and musician Big Jack Johnson. In 2000, he released a CD, Ghost Radio Blues, a mix of blues and spoken word. He is retired from the University of Massachusetts, where he worked as an editor.^[2]

Personal life

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

Bibliography

Ghost Ship. Hanging Loose (1998)
If the Delta was the Sea. Hanging Loose (2008)

Sources

1. ^ “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post
2. ^ http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2005/03/talking_with_so.html
3. ^ Ghost Ship by Dick Lourie. Hanging Loose Prees: Brooklyn, NY; 1998

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