Conversations with Dana Gioia: (Literary Conversations Series)
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Conversations with Dana Gioia: (Literary Conversations Series)

Conversations with Dana Gioia: (Literary Conversations Series)

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John Zheng (Contributor)  

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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.
John Zheng is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University and editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia; Conversations with Sterling Plumpp; The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku; and African American Haiku: Cultural Visions; as well as coeditor (with Biling Chen) of Conversations with Gish Jen, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in such journals as African American Review, East-West Connections, Journal of Ethnic American Literature, Paideuma, and Southern Quarterly.
  • Contributor: John Zheng
  • Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
  • ISBN13: 9781496832030
  • Number of Pages: 240
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
  • Release Date: 2021-01-30
  • Series: Literary Conversations Series
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: John Zheng is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University and editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia; Conversations with Sterling Plumpp; The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku; and African American Haiku: Cultural Visions; as well as coeditor (with Biling Chen) of Conversations with Gish Jen, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in such journals as African American Review, East-West Connections, Journal of Ethnic American Literature, Paideuma, and Southern Quarterly.

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