Dana Gioia: Poet & Critic
Essays in honour of a poet who spent his career arguing that poetry had lost its public.
Edited by John Zheng and Jon Parrish Peede, this gathers essays on Dana Gioia’s poems, his criticism, and the essay Can Poetry Matter that made his name and his enemies. A good route in for readers who know Gioia by reputation, covering both the writing and the years running the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Tyler Cowen
Dana Gioia: Poet & Critic, edited by John Zheng and Jon Parrish, is a series of essays in honor of Dana and a very good introduction to his life and work.
Source · October 2024
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