Dana Gioia

  • 16

    Catalog books

  • 14

    Works

  • 1992 to 2016

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Dana Gioia has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 16 catalog-linked books across 1992 to 2016, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2016; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Longman Pub Group.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • common used copies from Addison-Wesley and Longman Pub Group

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2016; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Longman Pub Group.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 256 pages.

  2. Literature

    Addison-Wesley • 2003 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2003.

  3. 99 Poems

    Graywolf Press • 2016 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2016.

  4. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia Literature Series)

    Addison-Wesley • 2007 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 2368 pages.

  5. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Compact Edition, Interactive Edition (4th Edition)

    Addison-Wesley • 2005 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 1584 pages.

  6. An Introduction to Fiction

    Addison-Wesley • 2004 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2004 • 848 pages.

  7. An Introduction to Fiction (8th Edition)

    Addison-Wesley • 2002 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2002 • 843 pages.

  8. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama, Compact Edition (2nd Edition)

    Addison-Wesley • 2000 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 1500 pages.

  9. An Introduction to Fiction: Includes 1998 Mla Guidelines

    Addison-Wesley • 1999 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 752 pages.

  10. Introduction to Fiction (with MyLiteratureLab), An (9th Edition)

    Longman Pub Group • 2004 • oversized commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2004 • 848 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Literature leans later in the catalog.
  • 99 Poems is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture.

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