Tag: Dana Gioia
“Seventy Years Ago”: A Review of Red Stilts by Ted Kooser
Ordinary and unrefined, Kooser's poems suggest the steady hand of a craftsman who doesn’t need to go looking for the next big thing.
Despair, Delight, and the Decentered Self
Berwyn, PA. The Fine Delight Interview Series with Catholic authors, conducted by the author of the book of the same name, Nick Ripatrazone, has...
A Good Essayist is Hard to Find
Wiseblood Books is about to publish Dana Gioia's superb "The Catholic Writer Today" as the first in its series of "Wiseblood Essays in Contemporary...
Can We (not) Talk?
Hillsdale, Michigan. Patrick Deneen posted a vigorous rejoinder to pro-free market critics of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. Deneen’s takedown of Rush Limbaugh...
Flannery Will Get You Everywhere
Superb essay by Dana Gioia--keynote speaker at September's Front Porch Republic conference--on the Catholic writer in America today.
My Second Book, Published Already
Last night, at the West Chester University Poetry Conference, my second book, Timothy Steele: A Critical Introduction, was released. As its title indicates, it...
Of Humility and Gratitude: Dana Gioia at Notre Dame
Dana Gioia's brief but worthy address at Notre Dame.
Milliner on Wilson, Wilson on Gioia: Catholic Intellectuals and Modern Culture
Matthew J. Milliner explicates "Art and Beauty," while Dana Gioia wins Notre Dame's Laetare Medal