Studying With Miss Bishop: Dana Gioia’s Memoir of Literary Apprenticeship

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Paul Dry Books, paperback

Publication Date: January 12, 2021

Publisher Marketing: In Studying with Miss Bishop, Dana Gioia discusses six people who helped him become a writer and better understand what it meant to dedicate one’s life to writing. Four were famous authors–Elizabeth Bishop, John Cheever, James Dickey, and Robert Fitzgerald. Two were unknown–Gioia’s Merchant Marine uncle and Ronald Perry, a forgotten poet. Each of the six essays provides a vivid portrait; taken together they tell the story of Gioia’s own journey from working-class LA to international literary success.

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