Terese is right about Dana Gioia. He basically took six years out of his creative career to serve his country, and did it selflessly and well. He was at our Newburyport Literary Festival this year, promoting poetry and literature - and looking tired. For most of us at the Poet's table he joined it was one night out of the year, meeting buddies, putting up with some speechifying by the local pols. For Dana, it was what he did week after week, on the road, promoting the Arts, fighting for funding. I won't stop laughing at things like the Onion article, and joining in the funning - but Dana deserves our applause and gratitude.
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