Dana Gioia
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Never Forget May 22, 2025
The three decades following World War II were a time when poets could become famous, novelists could become rich, filmmakers could become Sophocles, and musicians could become gods. Those born after the war didn’t have it quite as good, but still far...
A Cultural Vision for Conservatism May 13, 2025
Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy sits down with the poet Dana Gioia, who delivered the keynote address at ISI’s recent 18th Annual Gala for Western Civilization. Gioia is the former California Poet Laureate and the former chairman of the National En...
Dana Gioia, Enchanter-Poet April 04, 2025
The poet and critic cannot afford to be patient and yet must be patient anyway. The actual writing will come at the caprice of occasion, fortune, and deadline, and yet it must unfold as if it had all been conceived whole from the beginning. Such is t...
