The Language of Life with Bill Moyers
A series that invites viewers to experience the work of 18 poets.
PBS
Eight hours
1995
“Amazing.”
– CBS Sunday Morning
“The poetic sensibility come alive on TV.”
– USA Today
“Soul-stirring.”
– Variety
“Language – real language – is having a come-to-meeting, hand-clapping revival.”
– New York Times
“The series itself…is pure poetry, a beautifully woven tapestry of spoken words and pictures. It’s not easy keeping poetry readings alive visually without going crazy with visual gimmicks. But Grubin does it.”
– New York Newsday
EPISODES
Welcome to the Mainland
Naomi Shihab Nye, Sekou Sundiata
Swirl Like a Leaf
Robert Bly, Marilyn Chin, Jimmy Santiago Baca
Come Celebrate with Me
David Mura, Lucille Clifton
The Field of Time
Sandra McPherson, Linda McCarriston
The Heart of Things
Adrienne Rich, Michael S. Harper, Victor Hernandez Cruz
Here in the Mind
Daisy Zamora, Gary Snyder
Some Can Sing
Robert Hass, Carolyn Forché, Claribel Alegría
Love’s Confusing Joy
Coleman Barks