Fresh Air, Molly Ivins and Dana Gioa

Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins and poet Dana Gioa on this edition of Fresh Air. Molly Ivins' new book (along with co-author Lou Dubose) is Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America. She is the former co-editor of the Texas Observer. Her freelance work has appeared in Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and The Nation. Her other books include Shrub about presidential candidate Bush, and Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?. Poet Dana Gioa is the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the author of several collections of poetry, including Interrogations at Noon. He has translated the poetry of Italian Nobel Prize winner Eugenio Montale. His article "Can Poetry Matter?" first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1991 and later in book form, caused a debate in literary circles and earned him a reputation as provocateur among some people. Before he quit to become a poet, Gioa was a Vice president at General Foods. (Broadcast Date: October 7, 2003)