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Bill Moyers Journal: Poet W. S. Merwin
Item# 40614
© 2009
55 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-151-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-150-7
W. S. Merwin, the author of nearly two dozen volumes of poetry, won his second Pulitzer Prize for his collection The Shadow of Sirius. In this edition of the Journal, Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wi...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Abraham Lincoln Revealed
Item# 40407
© 2009
56 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-656-3
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-657-0
In this special performance edition of the Journal, actor Sam Waterston and historian Harold Holzer explore Lincoln's legacy and legend as defined in poetry and prose by significant American writers w...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Actor John Lithgow / Poetry Festival
Item# 40162
© 2009
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-536-8
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-537-5
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...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Poet Nikki Giovanni / Economist Simon Johnson
Item# 40321
© 2009
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-514-6
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-515-3
Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, is the author of 27 books. Her work has spanned the themes of love and sex, anger and grief, race, politics, and violenc...
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The New England Transcendentalists
Item# 39491
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-253-4
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-254-1
The writings of the New England Transcendentalists represent the first flowering of an American literary renaissance. This video/CD-ROM series offers a detailed assessment of this influential 19th-cen...
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Bill Moyers Journal: John Grisham on Justice / Campaign Ad Spending
Item# 39255
© 2008
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-9899-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-9900-3
In this program, Bill Moyers and John Grisham, best-selling author of The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Rainmaker, engage in a far-ranging conversation that offers insights into the background and...
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The American Transcendentalists: Concord, Massachusetts
Item# 38960
© 2008
54 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8771-0
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-8772-7
The ideas and ideals of three American Transcendentalists-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller-initially given expression through The Dial continue to shape the discourse of l...
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A Raisin in the Sun: Character Studies Conversations
Item# 38813
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8638-6
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-8639-3
Hosted by Eli Wallach, this program dissects Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun through the sharp insights of Joe Morton (Walter Lee Younger); Kim Yancey (Beneatha Younger); Phylicia Rashad (Len...
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John Burroughs: A Naturalist in the Industrial Age
Item# 39577
© 2007
31 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-390-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-391-3
A literary naturalist and an Audubon of prose, John Burroughs blended his loves of literature and the great outdoors to become one of America's premier essayists. In telling the story of his life, thi...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Robert Bly and Grace Lee Boggs
Item# 38763
© 2007
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8613-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-8614-0
The poetry of Robert Bly explores startling truths at the heart of American culture and spirituality. Bill Moyers talks with the celebrated author about his life in letters-during which Bly has produc...
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