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 it's unique
power to re-create the human experience: falling in love, facing death,
leaving home, playing basketball, losing faith, or finding God. The poets who
speak with Mr. Moyers about their work, their lives, and their creativity
form a dazzlingly diverse chorus of American voices and a celebration of the
vitality of the spoken word.
