- December 27, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyBill talks to Philip Levine, a recent US poet laureate, who explores how his years working on Detroit's assembly lines inspired his poetry.
- October 4, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyIn a rare television interview, environmental legend and writer leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation with Bill.
- April 5, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyPoet Kyle Dargan talks about his efforts to reconcile his disparate cultural environments through poetry.
- January 18, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyWe check in with Haydil Henriquez, a young poet featured on Bill Moyers Journal in 2007 who was inspired by our guest Martín Espada.
- January 18, 2013 | Moyers & CompanyPoet Martín Espada joins Bill to read from his work and talk about how poets "reach out and put our hands on the intangible."
- July 6, 2012 | Moyers & CompanyThe writer behind Perfidious Proverbs talks with Bill and reads some of his poems.
- February 23, 2012 | Moyers & CompanyBill talks with Poetry Magazine editor Christian Wiman about how being diagnosed with a rare blood cancer reignited his religious passion.
- February 17, 2012 | Moyers & CompanyThrough performances and conversation, Bill Moyers and the former Poet Laureate explore American history, language, culture, and ideas.
- November 13, 2009Visiting a New York City center dedicated to the contemplation and celebration of poetry.
- June 26, 2009Bill talks with celebrated poet and recent Pulitzer Prize recipient M.S. Merwin.
“The power of the word,” Bill Moyers has said, “is to create a world of thought and emotion that you and I can share, if only we learn to listen.” While many associate Bill with his probing documentary reports, commentaries, and interviews with advocates and experts, it’s his conversations with writers, particularly poets, and their readings of their own poetry and prose — that have introduced millions of viewers to compelling works and their individual storytellers, the creators of literature. Here’s a good sample.