{"title":"Dana Gioia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDana Gioia (born in Los Angeles, California) is a poet, critic, and arts administrator who served as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2009. A leading figure in the New Formalism movement, he is widely known for his essay \u003cem\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), which sparked national debate about poetry's cultural role. His poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eDaily Horoscope\u003c\/em\u003e (Graywolf, 1986), \u003cem\u003eThe Gods of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), and \u003cem\u003eInterrogations at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e (Graywolf, 2001), which won the American Book Award. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and an MA in comparative literature from Harvard. He served as California Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poetry-as-enchantment-and-other-essays","title":"Poetry as Enchantment: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gioia joins W. H. Auden, Randall Jarrell, and D. H. Lawrence in embracing criticism that is insightfully intellectual and surprisingly personal . . . Always a canny discussant of contemporary poetics, Gioia again provides vital guidance for evaluating poetry that will appeal to tenured professors and armchair aficionados alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e―Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Few critics write more engagingly and perceptively about poetry than Dana Gioia . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Gioia, one of America's leading poet-critics, explains why poetry exists and why we need it in this sparkling collection of essays. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore personal than any of Gioia's earlier works, \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003ereflects a lifetime of thought and experience. Gioia, the author of \u003ci\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e, talks about poetry in a radically different way than it is currently being taught or discussed. In the title essay, he explains that poetry is speech raised to the level of song, and though poetry may often be misunderstood as intellectual, it moves us the way music does. Poetry charms its readers, creating a heightened experience of attention. It addresses readers in the fullness of their humanity, simultaneously speaking to the mind, emotions, imagination, memory, and physical senses. Without academic jargon, \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003erelates literature to the questions of life. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793302257706,"sku":"9781589881952","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/poetry-as-enchantment-and-other-essays-7071103.jpg?v=1762151313"},{"product_id":"meet-me-at-the-lighthouse-poems","title":"Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wondrous new collection by Dana Gioia, \"one of America's premier poets and critics\" (Julia Alvarez). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDana Gioia has been hailed for decades as a master of traditional lyric forms, whose expansive and accessible poems are offerings of rare poignancy and insight. In \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, he invites us back to old Los Angeles, where the shabby nightclub of the title beckons us into its noirish immortality. Elsewhere, he laments the once-vibrant neighborhood where he grew up, now bulldozed, and recalls his working-class family of immigrants. Gioia describes a haunting from his mother on his birthday, Christmas Eve. Another poem remembers his uncle, a US Merchant Marine. And \"The Ballad of Jesús Ortiz\" tells the story of his great-grandfather, a Mexican vaquero who was shot dead at a tavern in Wyoming during a dispute over a bar tab. \"I praise my ancestors, the unkillable poor,\" Gioia writes. This book is dedicated to their memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding poems, song lyrics, translations, and concluding with an unsettling train ride to the underworld, \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous exploration of nostalgia, mortality, and what makes a life worth living and remembering.","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793302978602,"sku":"9781644452158","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/meet-me-at-the-lighthouse-poems-1280881.jpg?v=1762151312"},{"product_id":"can-poetry-matter-essays-on-poetry-and-american-culture-anniversary","title":"Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture (Anniversary)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, Dana Gioia's provocative essay \"Can Poetry Matter?\" was published in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine's history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to be part of modern American mainstream culture? Ten years later, the debate is as lively and heated as ever. Graywolf is pleased to re-issue this highly acclaimed collection in a handsome new edition, which includes a new Introduction by distinguished critic and poet, Dana Gioia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793303044138,"sku":"9781555973704","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/can-poetry-matter-essays-on-poetry-and-american-culture-anniversary-2403644.jpg?v=1762151311"}],"url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/collections\/dana-gioia.oembed","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}