The Language of Life by Bill Moyers - ISBN: 9780385484107
Paperback
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller celebrating the importance of poetry in American life today. In a series of fascinating conversations with 34 poets, The Language of Life celebrates language and its unique power to re-create the human experience. It is a joyous, life-affirming invitat…

The Language of Life

A Festival of Poets

  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 1996

Summary

“Poets live the lives all of us live,” says Bill Moyers, “with one big difference. They have the power–the power of the word–to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen.“In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its “most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form,” and its unique power to re-create the human experience- falling in love, facing death, leaving h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385484107
ISBN-10:0385484100
Author:Bill Moyers
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:1 March 1996
Weight:930g
Dimensions:235mm x 185mm x 29mm
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About The Author

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, a senior White House assistant (and press secretary) to President Lyndon Johnson from 1963 until 1967, publisher ofNewsday, senior news analyst for CBS News, and producer of many of public television’s groundbreaking series. He is the winner of more than 30 Emmy awards and nine Peabody awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television, the Career Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association, and the Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by the American Film Institute. Among his bestselling books areListening to America,A World of Ideas,The Power of Myth(with Joseph Campbell), andMoyers on America. He serves as the pro-bono president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy.

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