Daily Horoscope
Second printing. Author's first full-length book. Presentation by the author on the title-page "For Tom-- / reminiscences of my misspent youth, / Dana Gioia". Blurb by Donald Justice. Spine faded. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0915308800
ISBN13:9780915308804
Release Date:March 1986
Publisher:Graywolf Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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gioia lives up to his reputation
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
when reading gioia's first collection, you can't help but wonder if he is overrated. he is one of the most celebrated of the new formalists, and one of the leaders of the movement. you hear over and over how good he is. he is the writer of the "can poetry matter" essay. and, since he is outside the world of academia, you can't help but to think of other poets outside the academic world (wallace stevens and william carlos williams come to mind immediately). so you wonder if the guy is overrated. he's not. he writes formal verse beautifully. he has good control over the meter and line. "The Room Upstairs", easily one of the best poems in the collection, and my personal favorite, shows gioia's skill as a poet. i look forward to reading the other collections i have.
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