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Dana Gioia's 2007 Stanford Commencement Address

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Dana Gioia, renowned poet, literary critic and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, delivers the 116th Commencement address to Stanford University's Class of 2007 at Stanford Stadium.

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  • jump to 5:55 to watch his speech

  • Thank you for your immense contribution to our world and our country of freedom and life and to our soul.  Vaya con Dios!

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  • Nice speech. Nice crowd.

  • nice.

  • Nice address. I should have been there.

  • ted koppel, stephen breyer, kofi annan, condoleeza rice, carly fiorina, sandra day o'connor, steve jobs, tom brokaw, anthony kennedy, oprah winfrey...some of the recent stanford commencement speakers. but they and their silly accomplishments pale in comparison to the amazing DANA GIOIA!

  • This is one of the best speeches I've ever listened to. Perhaps it's not the kind of topic that you'd expect to be addressed in a graduation speech, but the content reflects an intelligent social diagnosis by a wise intellectual.

  • What is the message for the people? Compare Steve Job's speech. You should give students some insights, not babble about poor American pop culture.

  • What is the message for the people? Compare Steve Job's speech. You should give students some insights, not babble about poor American pop culture.

  • I'm doing your speech as a Declamation speech, and it's going to be lol, pimpin dawgs!

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