Episode · EconTalk · 2023-04-17
Books mentioned on Dana Gioia on Poetry, Death and Mortality
When he was a child, poet Dana Gioia's mother would come home from a long day of work and recite poems while she cleaned. It was a way, he realized later, for her to express the feelings she didn't want to describe directly, and to vent her sorrows without burdening her son.
Russ Roberts discussed Studying with Miss Bishop by Dana Gioia and Meet Me at the Lighthouse by Dana Gioia. Dana Gioia discussed Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Studying with Miss Bishop
Studying with Miss Bishop by Dana Gioia is a memoir recounting the author's formative years as a young writer and his studies with the renowned poet Elizabeth Bishop.
Discussed“he was last year in February of 2021 talking about his book studying with Miss Bishop Dana welcome back to econ talk”
Where to get it
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Meet Me at the Lighthouse
Discussed“I will just mention Dana that I have the copy I have your book on on Kindle on my Kindle”
Where to get it
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Arcadia
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard is a celebrated contemporary play that explores the complex intersections of history, science, time, and the human search for meaning across different centuries.
Discussed“it's the line from uh Tom stoppard's Arcadia he says we shed as we pick up like Travelers who must carry everything in their arms”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“we're going to look at those topics using a couple of poems from your new collection of poetry meet me at the Lighthouse and I'm sure we're going to get into some other topics along the way”
“in my book 99 poems you know I was publishing my selected poems uh you know I don't know about four years ago I think was five years ago”