The Folk Poetry of Vietnam
The News Hour with Jim Leher
with Bill Moyers
Art and Poetry

The Language of Life
with Bill Moyers
PBS
Eight Hours
1995
“Amazing.”
– CBS Sunday Morning
“The poetic sensibility comes 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 Mainlaid
Naomie Shihab Nye
Sekou Sundiata
Love's Confusing Joy
Coleman Barks
The Field of Time
Sandra Mcpherson
Linda McCarriston
Some Can Sing
Robert Hass
Claribel Alegria
Carolyn Forché
Here in the Mind
Gary Snyder
Daisy Zamora
Swirl Like a Leaf
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Robert Bly
Marilyn Chin
Heart of Things
Adrienne Rich
Victor Hernandez Cruz
Michael S. Harper
Come Celebrate with Me
Lucille Clifton
David Mura