b. 1946d. 2017
Thomas Lux
Thomas Lux's poetry is often rife with humor and explores memory.
Photo: Photo of Thomas Lux by Dorothy Alexander, Poets.org
Audio
“Men With Small Heads” (from “Men With Small Heads”)
Randall Scarlata (baritone) & Lori Laitman (piano)2:31
“Refrigerator, 1957” (from “Men With Small Heads”)
Jean Bernard Cerin (baritone) & Andrew Rosenblum (piano)3:35
About
A Massachusetts native and the son of blue collar workers, Lux was not particularly poetic in high school, with friends seeing him as more of an athlete. However, Lux published his first book of poetry shortly after graduating from Emerson College in 1975. Since then, he has won the Guggenheim Fellowship, several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
Lux is a very prolific poet and has already published more than ten volumes of poetry.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Interview with Thomas Lux
cerisepress.com/01/01/love-it-hard-thomas-lux-on-poetryPoets.org
poets.org/poetsorg/poet/thomas-luxInterview with Thomas Lux
cortlandreview.com/issue/8/lux8i.htmNew York Times
nytimes.com/2017/02/22/books/thomas-lux-died-poet.htmlPoetry Foundation
poetryfoundation.org/poets/thomas-luxSongs
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Video
Sheet Music
Men With Small Heads (Baritone)
Lori Laitman
1. Men With Small Heads
2. Refrigerator, 1957
3. A Small Tin Parrot Pin
4. Snake Lake
2. Refrigerator, 1957
3. A Small Tin Parrot Pin
4. Snake Lake
Low
Men With Small Heads (Countertenor or Mezzo-Soprano)
Lori Laitman
1. Men With Small Heads
2. Refrigerator, 1957
3. A Small Tin Parrot Pin
4. Snake Lake
2. Refrigerator, 1957
3. A Small Tin Parrot Pin
4. Snake Lake
Medium