# Dana Gioia

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S1 - E1 - Can a Faithful Life Be Balanced?

In this episode, Carly and Raleigh explore what it means to pursue a Christ-centered life while juggling prayer, work, relationships, rest, and wellness. A balanced life isn’t about perfect proportions — it’s about right priorities. When Christ is at the center, everything else aligns with greate...

On Catholic Imagination, Part 6: Becoming a Catholic Writer

Episode Topic: Becoming a Catholic Writer From a “medieval” Sicilian-Mexican childhood in Los Angeles to the halls of Harvard, acclaimed poet Dana Gioia explores the tension between faith and secular meritocracy. Discover why the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts advocates fo...

Episode 61: Hildegard College: Restoring Polymathy and Redemptive Entrepreneurship

Description  Christopher Perrin welcomes Dr. Matthew J. Smith, founder of Hildegard College, to discuss why he left a tenure-track literature career to build a deliberately small, relationship-centered “micro college” in Southern California. Smith describes modern higher education as expensive, b...

Dostoevsky, Self-Confidence And Skint Artists

Few weeks break and we are back with giddyness, giggles and ballads galore! I think you can tell we missed you lot with the amount of absolute nonsense we are spouting on the show this week in between the laughs. We do however bring poems too, with pieces from Dana Gioia, Dostoevsky, Sam Tovey an...

Wilfred McClay: Dreaming of Ariadne (2026 Conference) - The Sower Episode 89 (audio)

Hillsdale College historian Wilfred McClay discusses: the Sorcerer's Apprentice, allusion, Ariadne, Peter Lawler, Walker Percy, Ted McAllister, Blake, Burke, Chesterton, Emerson, Jaroslav Pelikan, tradition, heritage, Dana Gioia's poem "Planting a Sequoia," Mary Austin, WH Auden, Tocqueville, The...

Top Poetry Critic DEBUNKS Misreadings of Wallace Stevens' "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" | ArtiFact 74

Wallace Stevens's "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" is a widely misunderstood poem. Poet and filmmaker Alex Sheremet is joined by poet and critic Dan Schneider to tackle not only the bad analysis of Wallace Stevens's poetry, but also that of Robert Frost in "The Road Not Taken" -- another work of art th...

The Critic as Artist (ft. Dana Gioia)

In this episode, Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his most recent piece for Portico, "The Last of the Lost Generation."

On Catholic Imagination, Part 9: Tongues of Men and Angels

Episode Topic: Tongues of Men and AngelsDiscover "Tongues of Men and Angels," where Grammy-winning composer J.J. Wright ‘14 MSM, ‘17 DMA and poet Dana Gioia bridge high art and jazz. Witness a performance that had audiences swinging in their seats, redefining the sacred tradition through a daring...

Literature and Morality with Joshua Hren

Today's episode features a conversation on the shaping moral power of literature with Joshua Hren, novelist and author of the recent More than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature. Joshua Hren is founder and editor of Wiseblood Books, and co-founder of the Master...

08: Dana Gioia: On Art, Translation, Adaptation, Faith, and Why Poetry Will Always Matter

Special interview episode! Honored to host and interview acclaimed poet, critic, and arts advocate Dana Gioia. In this discussion, Gioia argues for the importance of adaptation as a natural (and necessary) cultural engagement with art. Chris and Gioia also focus on how audiences (and their react...