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A Life In Books: Dana Gioia.(Brief article)

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From: Newsweek
Date: 20070409
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He heads the National Endowment for the Arts--which just launched a nationwide literacy project, at neabigread.com--yet Dana Gioia also finds time to compose music and poetry. Of course, in his position, he has to stay well read, too.

My Five Most Important Books

"A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. When I discovered this adventure at 11, I began my first literary love affair.

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I picked this up at 14; it introduced me to the (sometimes sexy) pleasures of grown-up literature.

"The Collected Poems of W. H. Auden." I ...

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