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Dana Gioia

The former poet laureate of California talks about his life in poetry and chooses favourites from amongst listener requests. His selection includes poetry by Charles Bukowski, Li Bo, and his former teacher and friend, Elizabeth Bishop.
Producer Sally Heaven

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jan 2022 16:30

This Week's Poems

Annabel Lee

By Edgar Allen Poe

From The Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Published by Collins Classics

Poem 101 - By Strangers' Coasts and Waters

By Catullus

Translated by Robert Fitzgerald

From Spring Shade Poems 1931-1970

Published by New Directions

The Emperor of Ice Cream

By Wallace Stevens

From The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens

Published by Alfred A. Knopf /Random House

Autumn Day

By Rainer Maria Rilke

Translation by Dana Gioia

Unpublished

Tragedy of the Leaves

By Charles Bukowski

From The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993

Published by Canongate

Drinking Alone by Moonlight

By Li Po

Translation by Arthur Waley

From More Translations From the Chinese

Pub: Alfred A. Knopf

Poem

By Elizabeth Bishop

From Elizabeth Bishop - Complete Poems

Published by Chatto and Windus


Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jan 2022 16:30