A Celebration of Poets and Their CraftColeman Barks Lorna Dee Cervantes Mark Doty Deborah Garrison Jane Hirshfield Stanley Kunitz Kurtis Lamkin Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Paul Muldoon Marge Piercy Robert Pinsky
A Celebration of Poets and Their CraftColeman Barks Lorna Dee Cervantes Mark Doty Deborah Garrison Jane Hirshfield Stanley Ku...
""Liberty and duty, freedom and responsibility. That's the deal."" John W. Gardner's life was dedicated to revitalizing the American Dream, a dream that must be recreated by each generation of caring citizens as they reshape it to meet the unrolling future. Now more than ever, citizens must step up and take action to create the world in which we want to live.
"Living, Leading, and the American Dream "is an inspiration-- and a call to action. Beginning with an exploration of Gardner's life and values in his own words, this stirring and engaging collection shares Gardner's vision on...
""Liberty and duty, freedom and responsibility. That's the deal."" John W. Gardner's life was dedicated to revitalizing the American Dream, a dream th...
"Cold Anger" is an important book about the empowerment of working-class communities through church-based social activism. Such activism is certainly not new, but the conscious merger of community organizing tactics with religious beliefs may be. The organizing approach comes from Aul Alinsky and his Industrial Areas Foundations (IAF). . . . The book is structured around the polifical life of Ernesto Cortes Jr., the lead IAF organizer who has earned recognition as one of the most powerful individuals in Texas (and who has been featured on Bill Moyers' "World of Ideas"). . . . Cortes fashioned...
"Cold Anger" is an important book about the empowerment of working-class communities through church-based social activism. Such activism is certainly ...
Over the years millions of Americans have invited Bill Moyers into their homes. His television programs covering topics ranging from American history, politics, and religion to the role of media and the world of ideas have made him one of America s most recognized and honored journalists. In these pages, Moyers presents, for the first time, a powerful statement of his own personal beliefs political and moral. Combining illuminating forays into American history with candid comments on today s politics, Moyers delivers perceptive and trenchant insights into the American...
Over the years millions of Americans have invited Bill Moyers into their homes. His television programs covering topics ranging from American histo...
One of the highest-rated public affairs programs on public television, Bill Moyers Journal drew up to two million weekly viewers from 2007 to 2010. Through incisive, morally engaging conversations with some of the leading political figures, writers, activists, poets, and scholars at work today, the Journal captured the essence of the past three pivotal years in American life and politics, including the final act of the Bush Administration and the early years of Obama. Now, Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues brings this groundbreaking work to the page. From...
One of the highest-rated public affairs programs on public television, Bill Moyers Journal drew up to two million weekly viewers from 2007 to 2...
This provocative and absorbing (Star Tribune) companion book to Bill Moyer s acclaimed PBS series invites readers into conversations with some of the most captivating voices on the scene today, in what Kirkus calls a glittering array of discussions. From Jon Stewart on politics and media to Michael Pollan on food, The Wire creator David Simon on the mean streets of our cities, James Cone and Shelby Steele on race in the age of Obama, Robert Bly and Nikki Giovanni on the power of poetry, Barbara Ehrenreich on the hard times of working Americans, and Karen Armstrong on...
This provocative and absorbing (Star Tribune) companion book to Bill Moyer s acclaimed PBS series invites readers into conversations with some ...
