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Pair win SRRHS poetry contest

2 months ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens |Kazim Ali |Dana Gioia

Sedona Red Rock High School juniors Glenna Barnes and Iolani Sutton won the school’s 2025 Poetry Out Loud competition on Jan. 21, and will now move on to the regional semifinals on Feb. 8 at Northern Arizona University. Sophomore Salem Perches was the runner-up. “Since the program began in 2005, more than 4.4 million students and 81,000 teachers from 20,000 schools across the U.S. have participated in Poetry Out Loud,” the organization’s website states.
Dana Gioia on the Opera, From Tosca to Sweeney Todd

Nov 24, 2024 | spectator.org | Dana Gioia |Bruce Bawer

Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and PoetryBy Dana Gioia(Paul Dry Books, 198 pages, $20)“People’s reaction to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic. They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don’t, they may learn to appreciate it, but it will never become a part of their soul.”I don’t remember the last time I read a book so full of sentences that read like apothegms. If you’re a fan of 1990s rom-coms, you’ll recognize this line of dialogue.
Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry

Oct 29, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Dana Gioia

. Dec. 2024. 208p. ISBN 9781589881969. pap. $19.95. MUSIC COPY ISBN California poet laureate Gioia ( 99 Poems) asserts that words and the storyline matter in opera as essential partners to song, music, and visual effects. In this personal, rhapsodic reflection on the art form (Gioia’s early passion for which distinguished him from other kids), he elevates the reputation of the libretto, a compressed, unsubtle narrative poem written to inspire musical composition.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Nov 30, 2023 | isi.org | Dana Gioia

Study Literature with Renowned Poet Dana Gioia! A small group of young writers will convene at the poet Dana Gioia’s hilltop home in the Wine Country of Northern California where they will spend a day discussing two topics: first, the nature of literature and why it matters to society; second, the life of the writer, especially how a young person can pursue this challenging but rewarding career.
How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met?

Jul 30, 2023 | freakonomics.com | Dana Gioia |Angela Duckworth |Mike Maughan

Episode Transcript * * *Today on the show: How do you connect with someone new? * * *Still to come on No Stupid Questions: Angela uncovers some unexpected information about Mike’s past. * * *Now, back to Angela and Mike’s conversation about Aron and Aron’s 36 questions that foster closeness. No Stupid Questions is produced by me — Rebecca Lee Douglas.
Literary Los Angeles, by Dana Gioia & Ming Di

Jun 26, 2023 | worldliteraturetoday.org | Dana Gioia |Ming Di

This page is available to subscribers. Click here to signin or get access. Perpetually Demolished, Perpetually Renewedby Dana GioiaLos Angeles is an impossible city to describe, even for natives. Make any assertion about the place, and the opposite will often be true. There is an old downtown but no real center. Like London, Los Angeles is a metropolis formed by dozens of small towns and districts growing until they merged.
2023 End-of-the-Year Letter

Mar 22, 2023 | wisebloodbooks.com | Dana Gioia

The rest of the year shimmers with a constellation of contributions to literary life. Consider the forthcoming Wiseblood Essays in Contemporary Culture: Christopher Beha: Novelist in a Postsecular World, the first extant full-length treatment Beha’s work, by Katy Carl; and Jane Austen’s Darkness by First Things editor Julia Yost.
“At the Crossroads,” a Poem by Dana Gioia

Feb 6, 2023 | lithub.com | Dana Gioia

Here are the crossroads where old women comeUnder the quarter moon to cast their spells,And where young lovers meet to argue outThe secret terms of their surrender. It is a place that each sees differently—The salesman scouting, soldiers tramping home,The scholar napping by the riverbankWhile someone else’s fortune drifts downstream.
WRB-Jan. 25, 2023

Jan 25, 2023 | washingreview.com | Dana Gioia |Chris McCaffery

In the years 1778–82—that is to say, either toward the end of the elaboration of the Critique of Pure Reason, or just after it’s publication—one finds in Kant’s notes the following two mentions:Mega biblion: mega kakonSystem or rhapsody. Elegance of the system.