He’s played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien. In this edition of the Journal, multifaceted actor and children’s author John Lithgow joins Bill Moyers to share yet another side of himself: poetry lover. The award-winning stage and screen star talks about his favorite poems, insights into acting, and thoughts on the enduring power of art. The program also offers a tribute to the incomparable biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival with archival clips of Coleman Barks, W. S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, Kurtis Lamkin, and others reciting some of their deeply moving works. Broadcast date: March 6, 2009. (53 minutes)