{"587270":{"#nid":"587270","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Thomas Lux, Esteemed Georgia Tech Teacher and Poet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Thomas Lux, Esteemed Georgia Tech Teacher and Poet\u0026quot; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u003C\/strong\u003Eis\u0026nbsp;an appreciation piece for the late Thomas Lux, who was the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne, Jr. Chair in Poetry in the School of Literature Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDistinguished by his booming laugh, his arresting poetry readings and his passion for baseball, Bourne Professor of Poetry at Georgia Tech Thomas Lux, was a self-described \u0026ldquo;literary oddball\u0026rdquo; who threw himself into teaching while remaining a dedicated master of the craft.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter weekly readings at Georgia Tech, \u0026ldquo;he would invite everyone who was at the reading to come to his house, and everyone would,\u0026rdquo; said Jericho Brown, associate professor of English and creative writing at Emory University. \u0026ldquo;I would say he was an idol of mine.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Lux, 70, died Sunday, the internet came alive with reminiscences from those who held him and his work in high esteem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/local-obituaries\/thomas-lux-esteemed-georgia-tech-teacher-and-poet\/wewY41fQeneWb0Ey8CxoIM\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-02-09 21:54:21","changed_gmt":"2017-02-09 21:54:21","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/local-obituaries\/thomas-lux-esteemed-georgia-tech-teacher-and-poet\/wewY41fQeneWb0Ey8CxoIM\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"391561":{"id":"391561","type":"image","title":"Thomas Lux","body":null,"created":"1449246312","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:12","changed":"1475894406","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:06","alt":"Thomas Lux","file":{"fid":"75559","name":"thomas_lux.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas_lux.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas_lux.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":162334,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thomas_lux.jpg?itok=l7UDwjwh"}}},"media_ids":["391561"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}