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Art and Poetry
The Folk Poetry of Vietnam
The News Hour with Jim Leher
with Bill Moyers
The Power of the Word
with Bill Moyers
Awards:
Emmy Award
This series welcomes viewers into the experience of poetry, helping them to discover that words retain the power to name things honestly, to touch the human spirit, and to enrich life.
PBS
Eight hours
1994
“One of the most enthralling, exciting – and yes, even sexy – hours I’ve seen in a long time.”
– Daily News
“Pierces the veneer of the seemingly arcane and serves up a feast that is delicious.”
– Christian Science Monitor
Episodes:
The Simple Acts of Life
William Stafford
Galway Kinnell
Sharon Olds
Robert Bly
Octavio Paz
The Living Language
James Autry
Quincy Troup
Ancestral Voices
Joy Harjo
Garrett
Kaoru Hongo
Mary
Tall Mountain
Voices of Memory
Gerald Stern
Li-Young Lee
Dancing on the Edge of the Road
Stanley Kunitz
Where the Soul Lives
Robert Bly
Licille Clifton
W.S. Merwin
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