Dana Gioia in Conversation with Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate Emerita

GKay Ryan, Dana Gioia with sons Ted Gioia and Mike Gioia

Gina Cole (English teacher from Sutter High School), Theron Hopkins (Inspire School of Arts & Sciences), Charm Simlick (Business teacher from Sutter High School)

PMary Menzel, Director of California Center for the Book; Teena Capshaw, Del Norte County Library Manager, Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia; Phoebe Lenhart, Literacy Coordinator for Del Norte County Library; Mary Menzel

Current Lake County Poet Laureate Julie Adams

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Current Lake County Poet Laureate Julie Adams

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Russell Gonzaga

Luis Rodriguez, Los Angeles Poet Laureate with Dana Gioia

Poet and anthology editor Daniel Olivas, Kristin Murk, Dana Gioia

California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia and Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriquez talk with PBS Correspondent Jeffrey Brown at the 2016 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Dana Gioia with U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.

Jamie Kabler, Founder and Chairman of Rancho Mirage Writers Festival

Dana Hobart, Rancho Mirage Mayor; David Bryant, Director, Rancho Mirage Public Library, Jamie Kabler, Founder and Chairman of Festival

Rancho Mirage Public Library

Wendy Williams and Connie Gutowsky

Yuyutsu Sharma (visiting poet from Nepal)

Dana Gioia, Yuyutsu Sharma (visiting poet from Nepal), Bethanie Humphreys

Bob Stanley, President of Sacramento Poetry Center, and Linda Collins

California Poetry Out Loud State Champion Chigozie Maduchukwu , Dana Gioia

Manny Gale and Rhony Bhopal

Dana Gioia, with Potter, Teacher, and Board Member Kent Child; Actor and Board President César Flores; and Painter Kathleen Sheridan.

Len Anderson of Poetry Santa Cruz, with readers Dana Gioia and Robert Sward, and Dennis Morton, Presdient of poetry Santa Cruz and co-host of THE POETRY SHOW (the oldest radio poetry program in the country).

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Question and Answer session with audience and Gioia, Robert Sward, and Dennis Morton

Mary Menzel, Director, California Center for the Book; California Center for the Book; Elizabeth Dominianni, Redding Library Director; Dana Gioia

Dana and Mary Gioia at the Library.

Redding Library

Mary Menzel, Director, California Center for the Book; California Center for the Book; Elizabeth Kelley, Assistant Director for Shasta Public Libraries; Dana Gioia

Lisa Gioia, Siskiyou County Museum Director; Dana Gioia (no relation, but a wonderful coincidence!)

Dana Gioia; Michael Perry, Siskiyou County Librarian; Mary Menzel, Director California Center for the Book

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Michael Perry, County Librarian; Drew Eastlick, Siskiyou County Poetry Out Loud Champion; Dana Gioia

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Mezzo Elisabeth Eliasson; Antoinette Kuhry, Soprano and event Producer

Take A Bow: Pianist Will Johnson, Singer Aaron Marcus-Willers, Poet Judy Altura, Actress Nellie Cravens, Poet Dorothy Hunt, Poet Mary Studer Shea, Sonoma County Poet Laureate Emerita Katherine Hastings, Actor Elizabeth Rawls McRae, Dana Gioia, Mezzo Elisabeth Eliassen.

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Soprano Susan Witt-Butler performed two world premiere songs by Composer Charlotte Ellis

Dana Gioia with teacher Pauline Doyle

Rick Foster and Dana Gioia

Past Lake County Poet Laureate Casey Carney

Rick Foster and Dana Gioia