I teach high school English. My students are wild about this book. That's all I have to say, and an astute reader will recognize immediately that nothing more need be said.

It isn't strange that after watching "Smoke Signals" one tries to get along with Louri's literature. However to me, a brazilian, it was almost impossible, if not for Amazon Books. After reading 'Ghost Radio',the pleasure caused by powerful words was greater than the language/cultural barrier. The poems about family and music are of universal beauty and strength. The political poems, though interesting, are "too american" to a foreigner. "Forgiving our Fathers" is a piece of art, touching hard and talking softly to our hearts. Thank you Dick for letting me open a new horizon.

You may "find" Dick Lourie's poetry, like I did, because of hearing his poem Forgiving Our Fathers in the movie, Smoke Signals, or through his association with Sherman Alexie, but, once you read Ghost Radio, you will forever appreciate Dick Lourie as his own persona. His poetry is intelligent, powerful, thoughtful, and emotional. This is a man who has lived studying our world, the mixed-bag of American culture and politics, and he paid great attention. He's got important things to say, and he says them beautifully. If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. Since I can't, I buy it for friends.

Hey, you don't have to be a poetry reader to enjoy these great poems. Of course, you probably heard "Forgiving Our Fathers" at the end of Smoke Signals, but that is only the beginning. Many other father poems, lots of humor ("George Bush and Peter Pan" and "rest easy Bill Clinton"). Dare to read poetry. This guy will have you hooked in no time. All I have to say is thanks to Sherman Alexie for making sure I read Dick Lourie.