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Moyers, Bill D. frey50

The language of life : a festival of poets / Bill Moyers ; James Haba, editor ; David Grubin, contributing editor ; Elizabeth Meryman-Brunner, art research. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, 1995. - 450 p. ill. ; 25 cm.

Published to coincide with the premiere of the eight-part PBS series of the same name.

W.S. Merwin --
Claribel Alegria --
James A. Autry --
Jimmy Santiago Baca --
Coleman Barks --
Robert Bly --
Marilyn Chin --
Lucille Clifton --
William Stafford --
Victor Hernandez Cruz --
Rita Dove --
Carolyn Forche --
Donald Hall --
Joy Harjo --
Michael S. Harper --
Robert Hass --
Garrett Kaoru Hongo --
Sharon Olds --
Jane Kenyon --
Stanley Kunitz --
Li-Young Lee --
Linda McCarriston --
Sandra McPherson --
David Mura --
Naomi Shihab Nye --
Adrienne Rich --
Galway Kinnell --
Gary Snyder --
Gerald Stern --
Sekou Sundiata --
Mary TallMountain --
Quincy Troupe --
Daisy Zamora --
Octavio Paz

Presents the author's interviews with contemporary poets from diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds discussing their work, lives, and creativity. Includes a selection of poems by each author.

ISBN: 0385479174 9780385479172

LCCN: 95010348

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--20th century
American poetry--Minority authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Minorities--Intellectual life.--United States
Poets, American Interviews --20th century
American poetry--20th century.
Ethnic groups Poetry
Minorities Poetry

Dewey Class. No.: 811.5409 Moy 14