Tuesday, September 16, 2008

News at Eleven: Dana Gioia, chairman

of the National Endowment for the Arts since March 2003, plans to announce today that in January he will leave the federal agency he is credited with helping revitalize.

Gioia, a prize-winning poet and critic, said he will become the director of a new arts program at the Aspen Institute, an international organization that conducts forums on contemporary issues.

from The Washington Post: Arts Agency Chairman Is Moving On: Dana Gioia Wants More Time to Work on Poetry

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