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Gary Profiled in 'The Forward'—Jewish Weekly Also Publishes Lucas Poem in Special Sept. 11th Tribute

The Forward, the oldest national Jewish newspaper of record, recently ran a cover story by Alexander Rose on Gary's music career in their November 23 2001 issue (you can read it online in The Forward archives at www.forward.com—click on the Back Issues section on the upper left hand side). The venerable newspaper, beloved of Jews the world over and a leader in cultural coverage of Jewish import, devoted a lengthy piece profiling Gary's success on the international music scene.

And earlier that month, in the issue of November 9th, Gary had a poem selected at the request of Forward cultural editor Daniel Asa Rose and published in a special section devoted to Jews in the arts and their response to the tragedy of September 11th. In the company of such distinguished Jewish artists such as David Mamet and Israel Horovitz, Gary's poem stood out for its pithiness and wit:

THE DEATH OF IRONY

 

September 11th

we are told

signalled

the death of

irony

 

A Jew

without

irony

is

nothing

but a

religious

fundamentalist

 

—Gary Lucas

Gary was thrilled to be published in the Forward, former place of employment of his favorite alltime author Isaac Bashevis Singer.