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Bill Moyers, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin

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Bill Moyers, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin
Language
eng
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Rating: Not rated
Main title
Bill Moyers
Oclc number
707363253
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David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin
Runtime
447
Summary
Celebrated journalist Bill Moyers combines intimate, one-on-one interviews and public performances in this celebration of modern poetry's diverse voices. Featured poets include National Book Award honorees, Pulitzer Prize winners, and a former U.S. Poet Laureate, as well as accompaniment by the famed Paul Winter ConsortEpisode 1. Welcome to the mainland: Sekou Sundiata "oralizes" in polyrhythmic, jazz-influenced performances; Naomi Shihab Nye seeks universal truths in everyday objects and experiencesEpisode 2. Love's confusing joy: Transcendent verse by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi, as translated and read by Coleman BarksEpisode 3. The field of time: "Saying the unsayable" about violence and love, in poems by Linda McCarriston and Sandra McPhersonEpisode 4. Some can sing: Poems of family and politics by Carolyn Forché and Claribel Alegría; "domestic felicities" and haiku by Robert HassEpisode 5. Here in the mind: Everyday heroes and heroines in poems by former Sandinista revolutionary Daisy Zamora; "landscapes of the mind" by Gary SnyderEpisode 6. Swirl like a leaf: Expressions of rage and forgiveness by Jimmy Santiago Baca, of identity and duality by Marilyn Chin, and of aging and wisdom by Robert BlyEpisode 7. The heart of things: "Moving to the heart of things" with Adrienne Rich, celebrating multiculturalism with Victor Hernández Cruz, and jazzing with Michael S. HarperEpisode 8. Come celebrate with me: Poems exploring the pain and courage required to stand out, fit in, and stand up, by Lucille Clifton and David Mura
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live action
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