Conversations with Dana Gioia / edited by John Zheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gioia, Dana, interviewee.

Contributor:

Zheng, Jianqing, editor.

Series:

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gioia, Dana--Interviews.

Gioia, Dana.

Poets, American--21st century--Interviews.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]

Summary:

"Conversations with Dana Gioia is the first collection of interviews with the internationally known poet and public intellectual, covering every stage of his busy, polymathic career. Dana Gioia (b. 1950) has made many contributions to contemporary American literature and culture, including but not limited to crafting a personal poetic style suited to the age; leading the revival of rhyme, meter, and narrative through New Formalism; walloping the "intellectual ghetto" of American poetry through his epochal article "Can Poetry Matter?"; helping American poetry move forward by organizing influential conferences; providing public service and initiating nationwide arts projects such as Poetry Out Loud through his leadership of the National Endowment for the Arts; and editing twenty best-selling literary anthologies widely used in American classrooms. Taken together, the twenty-two collected interviews increase our understanding of Gioia's poetry and poetics, offer aesthetic pleasure in themselves, and provide a personal encounter with a writer who has made poetry matter. The book presents the actual voice of Dana Gioia, who speaks of his personal and creative life and articulates his unique vision of American culture and poetry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Dana Gioia: An Interview / Robert McPhillips

Dana Gioia: Interview / Isabelle Cartwright

Paradigms Lost: Interview with Dana Gioia / Gloria Glickstein Brame

On Writing Nosferatu and the Role of Poet as Librettist / LeQuita Vance-Watkins

An Interview with Dana Gioia / Kevin Bezner

Dana Gioia Interview / Christina Vick

An Interview with Dana Gioia / William Baer

Dana Gioia and the Role of the Poet-Critic: An Interview / Garrick Davis

Bringing Art to All Americans: A Conversation with Dana Gioia / Michael J. Bandler

Money Talks: A Conversation with Dana Gioia / Johanna Keller

"If Any Fire Endures Beyond Its Flame": An Interview with Dana Gioia / Robert Lance Snyder

A Public Catholic: An Interview with 2010 Laetare Medalist Dana Gioia / Cynthia L. Haven

An Interview with Dana Gioia / Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum

An Interview with Dana Gioia / Laura Lindsley

How a Poem Happens: Dana Gioia / Brian Brodeur

Poetic Collaborations: A Conversation with Dana Gioia / Michelle Johnson

A Conversation with Dana Gioia / Erika Koss

Dana Gioia, Poet / Michael Passafiume

An Interview with Dana Gioia / Mia Herman

Interview with Dana Gioia / John Cusatis

The California Imagination: Dana Gioia / Maggie Paul

"This Poem Has Had a Strange Destiny": Interview with Dana Gioia about "The Ballad of Jesus Ortiz" / John Zheng.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Conversations with Dana Gioia

ISBN:

9781496832030

1496832035

9781496832047

1496832043

OCLC:

1154127578