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In Studying with Miss Bishop, Dana Gioia discusses six people who helped him become a writer and better understand what it meant to dedicate one’s life to writing. Four were famous authors―Elizabeth Bishop, John Cheever, James Dickey, and Robert Fitzgerald. Two were unknown―Gioia’s Merchant Marine uncle and Ronald Perry, a forgotten poet. Each of the six essays provides a vivid portrait; taken together they tell the story of Gioia’s own journey from working-class LA to international literary success.

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99 Poems: New & Selected is one of the most anticipated collections of 2016, and it does not disappoint. . . . No matter what the topic mystery, place remembrance, imagination, stories, songs, love or the form, these polished pieces are vibrant and inviting. The Washington Post on 99 Poems: New & Selected A force for poetry here . . . and everywhere, Gioia is richly deserving of a life's look. The Philadelphia Inquirer on 99 Poems: New & Selected 99 Poems: New & Selected serves to reenforce Gioia's reputation as one of America's best living poets. Gioia writes in both metered and free verse and has a respect for form that gives his verse a somewhat classic feel. And yet there is also a heartfelt simplicity that keeps his work warm and accessible. The Christian Science Monitor on 99 Poems: New & Selected A gifted poet of rhythm and reason, Gioia's civic and critical pedigree is impressive. The Millions on 99 Poems: New & Selected Virtually [every poem] here resounds, like the work of another elegantly musical poet whose corpus bulks little larger than Gioia's A. E. Housman. Booklist, Starred Review on 99 Poems: New & Selected Readers searching for classically styled poetry that is unflinchingly sincere and honest will find what they need in the voice of this master poet. Publishers Weekly on 99 Poems: New & Selected Great riches in remarkably few pages. Booklist, Starred Review on Pity the Beautiful: Poems If you're an educated general reader, and you read only one book about contemporary poetry, this should be that book. Booklist on Can Poetry Matter?

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Dana Gioia is a poet and critic. He has published five full-length collections of verse, most recently 99 Poems: New & Selected, which won the Poets' Prize as the best new book of the year. His third collection, Interrogations at Noon, was awarded the American Book Award. An influential critic, Gioia's controversial volume, Can Poetry Matter? was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book is credited with helping revive the role of poetry in American public culture. Gioia has also edited or co-edited two dozen best-selling literary anthologies, including An Introduction to Poetry (with X. J. Kennedy) and Best American Poetry 2018. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Washington Post, New York Times, Hudson Review, and other journals. Gioia has served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and as California State Poet Laureate. He is currently the Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at the University of Southern California. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Sonoma County, California.

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