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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811.5409 EAN: 9780385484107 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0385484100 Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: March 01, 1996 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: March 01, 1996 Studio: Anchor Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, and in dozens of poems, 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 home, playing basketball, losing faith, finding God. Poets speak with Moyers about their work, their lives, and their creativity. In the tradition of the bestselling Healing and the Mind and The Power of Myth. Product Description: A series of interviews with thirty-four American poets celebrates modern poetry and includes notable works by Linda McCarriston, Jimmy Santiago Baca, David Mura, Sekou Sundiata, Gary Snyder, and Adrienne Rich. Reprint. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Shouting Poetry into the WindI feel certain that Bill Moyers is a journalist, not a poet. At least, that's what he claimed when he wrote a book entitled "Moyers On America: A Journalist and His Times!" Now he's written a book called "The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets." It's a reprint. Somehow I missed it the first time around. As its title suggests it is a collection of poetry by poets. So I opened the book. Lo and behold, the second chapter is a conversation with James A. Autry whose book "Looking ... Read More Rating: - I JUST LOVE IT!ok...i tell u why i love this book...or let's say audio cassettes. well,when i started listening to these cassettes i got this weird feeling of being invloved in every single story they said, starting imagining the poets themselves. the way the music was displayed and the characters introduced..i was just overwhelmed. maybe i am not an expert in english poetry but i enjoyed this collection BIG TIME!! Rating:  - Better Poetry Books Can be FoundLooking back on this book, I guess it's that I wanted to like it so much more than I did. What a great concept! Take a variety of modern poets, interview them and get them talking about their works alongside the poetry. Now you see the expectations in such a book to poetry lovers everywhere. But after owning the book for 7-odd (and they have been) years, I rarely find myself going back to it after the initial read. Why is that? Let me try to tell you. Moyers indeed takes a variety of ... Read More Rating: - A strong collection with a few really good interviewsIt is almost impossible to please everyone with a collection. Why was this poet included? Or you included him/her and didn't include this poem... Are you insane? The benefit of an anthology is that it can introduce the reader to poets that they may otherwise never come in contact with. To that end, I am thankful to Moyers for introducing me to the work of James A. Autry and Lucille Clifton. I also enjoyed many, but not all, of the interviews. This was a good book. If you are interested in poetry but ... Read More Rating: - Poetry alive & breathingThe companion book to Moyers' PBS series "The Power of the Word" and "The Language of Life," which brought to a national audience the vigorous living poetry of a number of contemporary poets from the U.S. and abroad. Poetry is not the dead old thing critics like Harold Bloom and Helen Vendler would have us believe it is: this series, and this book, puts it into the ears and mouths of the people, to our betterment. |
