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  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: W.S. Merwin
    April 29, 2020
    "Rain Light"
  • Replay: Live Chat with Sherman Alexie
    April 11, 2013
    | John Light
    The poet and author answers questions about his life and many works.
  • Web Extra: Lincoln, The 'Prose Poet'
    December 21, 2012
    In this web-only video, screenwriter Tony Kushner and Bill Moyers discuss what draws us to examine Abraham Lincoln again and again.
  • Poet Robert Bly
    August 31, 2007
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Robert Bly talked with Bill Moyers about his recent focus on Islamic poets, including Rumi, Hafez and Kabir.
  • Mary Gordon on Death, Donald Trump and the Perils of 'Either/Or'
    June 30, 2006 | Faith and Reason
    In this 'Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason," Bill chats with writer Mary Gordon about faith and Christianity. Watch a clip from the show.
  • Poets & Writers
    Alice Walker
    June 24, 2004
    Ms. Walker talks with Bill Moyers about a range of subjects, including the ways in which her life experiences and ancestry are reflected in her writing.
  • Society
    Mark Twain, Then and Now, and the Invention of 'Hispanic'
    March 19, 2004 | NOW
    What Mark Twain can teach us about the challenges facing America today, and the Latinization of American culture.
  • Society
    Gish Jen: Author
    March 25, 2003 | Becoming American — Personal Journeys
    In this episode of 'Becoming American: Personal Journeys," Bill talks with acclaimed Chinese American writer Gish Jen.
  • War & Peace
    Writer Alice Walker and Homeland Security Concerns
    March 21, 2003 | NOW
    Alice Walker on her opposition to the war in Iraq. Also: Is protecting chemical plants from terrorist attacks the responsibility of the government or the private sector?
  • Appreciations: An Interview with Doris Lessing
    January 24, 2003 | Updated October 26, 2015
    In this wide-ranging 2003 interview with Bill, the Nobel-prize winning novelist Doris Lessing, who passed away Sunday, opens up about her fascinating life.


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