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Fooling with Words:

A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft
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HarperCollins, Dec 26, 2000 - Poetry - 256 pages
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Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Paul Muldoon
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Review: Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft

User Review  - Shane - Goodreads

Especially good for those of us who aren't hugely familiar with poetry, because Moyers interviews poets in such a way as to make their poems more accessible than they'd be otherwise. Read full review

Review: Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft

User Review  - Susan - Goodreads

The question and answer format works beautifully. I would love to read ten volumes of this! What poets say about poetry in general is super interesting. There are just enough poems included to give it all context. Read full review

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Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft
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Bill Moyers
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About the author (2000)

Bill Moyers's career as a television journalist has earned him more than thirty Emmy Awards. His reporting and interviews have been the basis for seven bestsellers. He is author of Genesis (Doubleday), The Language of Life (Main Street Books), and Healing and the Mind (Doubleday). He lives in New Jersey with his wife and creative collaborator, Judith Davidson Moyers.

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TitleFooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft
AuthorBill Moyers
Editionreprint
PublisherHarperCollins, 2000
ISBN0688177921, 9780688177928
Length256 pages
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Literary Criticism / Poetry
Poetry / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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