Daily Horoscope : Poems

“Daily Horoscope is a stunning first book . . . Gioia is a master of forms. He experiments with old ones, and in a few instances has taken to inventing new ones.” —Robert Phillips, Arrival

“Page for page, seldom has a first collection offered so many aesthetically, psychologically, and philosophically satisfying poems.” —ALA Booklist

“In combining the powers of form and narration, Dana Gioia is the poet who most fully realizes the potential of the New Formalist movement.” —Robert McPhillips, The Sewanee Review

“Daily Horoscope, in the finest sense, represents the perfect synthesis of maker and object made. It would be specious to praise this volume as a first book. Gioia has given us a book that is more accomplished than recent publications by many more celebrated practitioners.” —Robert McDowell, The Hudson Review

“Here we have a truly exceptional poet. In his mid-thirties, Dana Gioia can be compared to Wallace Stevens and not be routed by the comparison.” —Raymond Nelson, Virginia Quarterly Review