Sometimes it is necessary to have another income source when one is first thinking about becoming a poet. Such was life for American poet and essayist Dana Gioia, who spent the first fifteen years of his writing career penning feverishly at night...

Pity the Beautiful is a collection of poems by American poet Dana Gioia. Gioia is a noted figure in the poetry world, serving as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003-2009. The book was published in 2012 to critical praise....