Here is some more pertiment information about the Dana Gioia visit. At 1:40
pm on the 29th of November, Mr. Gioia and Alva Henderson, composer of the
opera, Nosferatu, will conduct a seminar in the Roland Hayes Concert. They
will discuss the writing of the opera, and we will listen to a portion of
the work.

Nosfertu the opera was inspired by the F. W. Murnau film , a silent
retelling of the Dracula story. More recent films Nosferatu the Vampire and
Shadow of the Vampire were also based on this film classic. I believe this
topic, which deals with evil and plague in a European city has as much
relevance as ever for audiences in the United States.

This event is co-sponsored by the Cadek Dept of Music and the Dorothy
Patten Fine Arts Series and made possible by Dr. McClay's kindness in
sharing Mr. Gioia with us. We hope you can find time to attend.

Thanks,
Kim E. Renz

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>SunTrust Humanities Lecture Series, 2001-2002
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>POETRY, SPIRITUALITY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
>Dana Gioia
>
>Thursday, November 29, 2001
>7:30 PM
>Hunter Museum of American Art
>
>You are cordially invited to attend a lecture by the acclaimed American poet
>Dana Gioia at the auditorium of the Hunter Museum of American Art on
>November 29th at 7:30 PM. The event will be followed by a reception and book
>signing.
>
>Dana Gioia has emerged in recent years not only as one of the most eminent
>poets of his generation, but as a powerful spokesman for the recovery of
>poetry as a "public" art. He came to this vocation by a most unusual path,
>spending fifteen years as a top executive at Kraft General Foods, but then
>retiring from the business world in 1992 to dedicate himself to his literary
>career.
>
>His poems, essays, and translations have been published in numerous
>magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Book
>Review, The Nation, and The Hudson Review. His first book of poems, Daily
>Horoscope, was discussed in publications as diverse as Newsweek and Forbes.
>His second collection was chosen by London's Poetry Society Book Club as
>their main selection, a rare honor for an American poet. His essay "Can
>Poetry Matter?" later published as a book by thahas sparked debates across
>the literary world, and was the subject of special programming on the BBC
>and National Public Radio. In addition to his poetry and criticism, Gioia is
>a translator and anthologist of Italian poetry, including the Mottetti of
>Eugenio Montale. He has taught as a visiting writer at Colorado College,
>Johns Hopkins, Sarah Lawrence, Mercer, and Wesleyan University. This year he
>has published a libretto for the opera Nosferatu, and a third collection of
>poetry, entitled Interrogations at Noon.
>
>The lecture is cosponsored by the UTC's SunTrust Chair of Excellence in
>Humanities and by the Arts & Education Council of Chattanooga, and is funded
>in part by a grant from Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga. It is free and
>open to the public. The Hunter Museum of American Art is located at 20 Bluff
>View in Chattanooga. For more information, call 423-267-1218.
>
Kim Edward Renz
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Fine Arts Center, Department 1351
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
423-755-4371    Office
423-755-5249    Facsimile
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