In this story of unspeakable tragedy and the painful search for justice, NOW introduces some of the tens of thousands of young girls — many now HIV-positive — who have been raped in South Africa.

The poetry of Deborah Garrison speaks in a voice sometimes defiant and tinged with sarcasm, but humorous, too, and sweetened by tender longing.

They belong to different generations, come from different roots, live in different places. But both are poets writing about a world of living and dying.

The poet and essayist talks with Bill about her work and the importance that poetry plays in her life.

Born 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.

Two women. One a Chicana and one an Asian-American, brought up in completely different milieus with one thing in common – poverty.

In this episode of Sounds of Poetry, Coleman Barks tells Bill how he translates 13th century mystic Rumi's poetry through his own personality and experience.

Profiling poet Marge Piercy Bill Moyers' Sounds of Poetry

An interview with Robert Pinsky, who chose a life in poetry over a life in music and went on to become a three-time poet laureate.

Poet and political agitator Amiri Baraka, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 79, talks about his work and his activism in this 1999 interview with Bill Moyers.