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Poets & Writers

EDITORS' PICKS

  • Sherman Alexie on Mania, Bipolarity and Great Art
    The National Book Award winner talks candidly about how his mental illness has influenced his work.
  • Poetry Readings by Wendell Berry
    The visionary poet, environmentalist and farmer Wendell Berry reads and talks about two of his poems -- "The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer" and "A Poem on Hope."
  • Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry
    Through performances and conversation, Bill Moyers and the former Poet Laureate explore American history, language, culture, and ideas.
  • Faith & Reason
    Steven Rockefeller on America as a "Religious "Democracy"
    April 15, 1990 | A World of Ideas
    On World of Ideas, the professor, writer and John D. Rockefeller descendent talks faith and democracy.
  • Toni Morrison: Dealing with Race in Literature (Part Two)
    March 11, 1990
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison on the lack of discourse about race in literary criticism and the silent history of black characters in books.
  • Toni Morrison on Love and Writing (Part One)
    March 11, 1990
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    The writer talks about subjects that inspire both her life and writing with Bill Moyers in this classic 1990 conversation.
  • Maxine Hong Kingston on Imagination and Writing (Part Two)
    March 4, 1990
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In the second part of this 1990 interview with Bill Moyers, author Maxine Hong Kingston explains how she blends tales of tradition and her own American experience in her writing.
  • Maxine Hong Kingston on Memory, Meditation and Magic (Part One)
    February 25, 1990
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In 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.
  • Health & Science
    Patricia Churchland: A Conversation With the Philosopher and Writer on the Brain
    February 11, 1990 | A World of Ideas
    Patricia Churchland brings together philosophy and neuroscience to deepen our understanding what goes on inside our heads.
  • Poets & Writers
    A Gathering of Men With Robert Bly
    January 8, 1990 | A Gathering of Men with Robert Bly
    Bill Moyers and poet Robert Bly explore the changing role of men in modern America.
  • Where the Soul Lives
    October 20, 1989
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Poets Robert Bly, Lucille Clifton and W.S. Merwin discuss their works.
  • Dancing On the Edge of the Road
    October 13, 1989
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    A talk with Stanley Kunitz, "the dean of American poetry."
  • Voices of Memory - How Can Poetry Resurrect The Past?
    October 6, 1989
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Poets Li-Young Lee and Gerald Stern resurrect the past throgh poetry.


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