Sunday, January 6, 2013

Thought for the Day

The tale is often wiser than the teller.*
~ Dana Gioia, Poet, Critic, Arts Leader
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* Quoted from "The Lunatic, The Lover, and The Poet" in Pity the Beautiful: Poems (Graywolf Press, May 2012)

Dana Gioia Website (At the link, you'll find recent reviews of Pity the Beautiful; selections from the collection are here.)

Dana Gioia Profiles at Academy of American Poets,  Aspen InstituteThe New York TimesThe Poetry Foundation, USC Price

Dana Gioia on FaceBook

4 comments:

Louise Gallagher said...

Like it!

Kathleen said...

I've found that to be true, either as a listener or a teller!

S. Etole said...

Sometimes one wonders how that can be.

Lorna Cahall said...

Thanks Maureen. I can't tell you how many poets and writers I have found from your postings. This sounds just wonderful.