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Dana Gioia
Poet; Former Chmn, National Endowment of the Arts
Gioia leans towards interviewing artists whose minds he finds interesting, but figures he'd get tongue tied. Read More
The Aspen Ideas Conference is people from all walks of life. Read More
America is sort of a laboratory of human existence. Read More
To live truthfully to your own principles. Read More
"You must love one another or die." Read More
People are still the main inspiration, and we have a responsibility to help others. Read More
The American educational system is in dire straits, and arts have systematically removed from our schools. Read More
There is a non-stop inundation of electronic media, Gioia starts. Read More
Gioia hopes to bring the best art to the most people through her position as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Read More
Different works have different impacts, Gioia says. Read More
Poetry is humanity's answer to mortality. Read More
"Unsaid" is about leading lives that are invisible to everyone else. Read More
"Summer Storm": a ballad. Read More
Young artists need to learn from the art that came before them. Read More
Literature tries to create a conversation between the present and the past. Read More
Art can change a child's life. Read More
Hawthorne is a rough, urban neighborhood with Catholic, working-class immigrant families. Read More
About Dana Gioia
Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning poet. A native Californian of Italian and Mexican descent, Gioia (pronounced JOY-uh) received a B.A. and a M.B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University.
Gioia has published three full-length collections of poetry, as well as eight chapbooks. His poetry collection, Interrogations at Noon, won the 2002 American Book Award. An influential critic as well, Gioia's 1991 volume Can Poetry Matter?, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award, is credited with helping to revive the role of poetry in American public culture.