![]() ![]() His essays and memoirs have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Washington Post, New York Times, Hudson Review, and BBC Radio. Gioia has also edited or co-edited two dozen best-selling literary anthologies, including An Introduction to Poetry (with X. His controversial volume, Can Poetry Matter? (1992), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. An influential critic, Gioia has published four books of essays. His third collection, Interrogations at Noon (2001), was awarded the American Book Award. ![]() Gioia has published five full-length collections of verse, most recently 99 Poems: New & Selected (2016), which won the Poets’ Prize as the best new book of the year. We tackle some big questions in this episode, such as whether and how evil can be beautiful, the nature of Catholic art and poetry, original sin, and the poet as a damned figure.ĭana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. In this episode, I am joined by the poet and critic Dana Gioia to discuss Charles Baudelaire's famous book of poems, Les Fleurs du Mal, or The Flowers of Evil. ![]()
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