About this episode

Poet and critic Dana Gioia discusses the nature of poetry and its impact on readers and memory.

Ok, they’ll bite. What is poetry? Poet and critic Dana Gioia joins the guys to talk about poetry. How do poems reward the reader? What can verse tell us about memory? What’s the deal with poets?

People in this episode

Guest: Dana Gioia

Topics covered

• poetry
• memory
• literature
• reading
• criticism

Keywords

• poetry
• Dana Gioia
• literature
• memory
• verse

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