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California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia will present “Does Poetry Matter in the Modern World?” at the Tri-Valley Writers Zoom meeting at 2 p.m. next Saturday (March 20).
Gioia will talk about his journey to becoming a writer and discuss his new book, “Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life.”
The session is free and open to all who reserve a place by next Thursday (March 18); email president@trivalleywriters.org.
In 1991 Gioia authored the provocative essay “Can Poetry Matter?” Published in the Atlantic Monthly, his article received more public response than any other piece in the magazine’s history. During his tenure as Poet Laureate of California, Gioia’s unprecedented tour of all 58 California counties became the subject of a BBC radio documentary.
Gioia is the author of five collections of verse, has written four opera libretti and edited 20 literary anthologies. He served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in 2003 and 2009 and received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2008.
Born in Los Angeles to working-class parents of Italian and Mexican heritage, Gioia was the first person in his family to attend college, and he earned degrees from Stanford and Harvard.
For more information about the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch, visit www.trivalleywriters.org.
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