National Endowment for the Arts - People - Brief Article

Art in America, March, 2003 by Stephanie Cash, David Ebony

Poet, music critic and former General Foods executive Dana Gioia was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 29 as the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts [see "Artworld," Dec. '02]. Gioia, who is completing a book of literary essays and an opera libretto, assumed the post in early February.