November 20, 2017The 82-year-old author accepted the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters with a noteworthy speech.
November 21, 2015The author accepts the National Book Award for "Between the World and Me," and talks about the person who inspired it -- a friend who was mistaken for a criminal and killed by police.
October 17, 2014 | Moyers & CompanyPulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America.
December 28, 2012 | Moyers & CompanyPulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz straddles two cultures while telling the story of America’s past and future.
November 19, 2012The Round House is Erdrich's fourteenth novel, and it was selected for the award from a high-profile group of finalists, including Junot Díaz and Dave Eggers. Erdrich's novel takes a look at injustice on Native American reservations.
October 11, 2012Louise Erdrich, a guest on Bill Moyers Journal, is among the finalists.
November 7, 1999Born in 1905, Stanley Kunitz was an integral part of the poetry community until his death in 2006. His list of honors included the National Medal of Arts, a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
February 25, 1990In part one of this 1990 interview with Bill Moyers, acclaimed author Maxine Hong Kingston explains how she blends tales of tradition and her own American experience in her writing.
