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The Fallen Western Star Wars: A Debate About Literary California
The Fallen Western Star Wars A Debate About Literary California Author:Dana Gioia When Dana Gioia, the author of "Can Poetry Matter?," published his equally provocative essay, "Fallen Western Star: The Decline of San Francisco as a Literary Region," he knew that certain quarters would be up in arms. Prominent California literati were quick to defend the San Francisco Scene and wrote articles attacking Gioia. Others attacked t... more »he attackers. The entire exhilarating, sometimes hilarious exchange appears in The "Fallen Western Star" Wars.« less