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7 Apr 2021 Conversations with Tyler Dana Gioia on Becoming an Information Billionaire
“The way I think of Dana is he is the only guest I have ever had who can answer all of my questions, but he does have another biography: at the top of the biography it reads, “Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer.”
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- 7 Apr 2021
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…Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I have Dana Gioia. The way I think of Dana is he is the only guest I have ever had who can answer all of my questions, but he does have another biography: at the top of the biography it reads, “Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. He is the former California Poet Laureate and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.” Most notably, he has a new book out, it’s a kind of memoir. Excellent book, I loved reading it. It’s called Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life. Miss Bishop, of course, being Elizabeth Bishop, but Dana has numerous other books, including books of poetry, a book, The Catholic Writer Today, perhaps his most famous work is Can Poetry Matter? Dana is also an accomplished librettist for opera. He has done much, much more on top of all of that. Dana, welcome. I’m glad to be here. Good to see you again. It’s been many years.…
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