Top 25 Quotes by Dana Gioia of 31 - Page 2

Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence.

Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence.

Dana Gioia

Essence, Culture, Losing

Dana Gioia (2003). “Barrier of a common language: an American looks at contemporary British poetry”, Univ of Michigan Pr

Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones.

Dana Gioia

Empires, Poet, Modern

Dana Gioia (2003). “Barrier of a common language: an American looks at contemporary British poetry”, Univ of Michigan Pr

To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity.

Dana Gioia

Identity, Speak, Particular

"My California: Journeys by Great Writers". Book edited by Donna Wares, 1999.

Poetry speaks most effectively and inclusively (whether in free or formal verse) when it recognizes its connection - without apology - to its musical and ritualistic origins.

Dana Gioia

Art, Apology, Poetry

In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension.

Dana Gioia

America, Poet, Social

"James Tate and American Surrealism". Denver Quarterly, Fall 1998.