Poet Robert Bly and Activist Grace lee Boggs

EPISODE · Aug 31, 2007 · 56 MIN

Poet Robert Bly and Activist Grace lee Boggs

from Bill Moyers Journal (Audio) | PBS · host Bill Moyers Journal

The poetry of Robert Bly has touched on spiritual insights and deep truths about American culture. With more than 30 books, including the National Book Award-winning THE lIGHT AROUND THE BODY, Bly also became known for co-founding American Writers Against the Vietnam War in 1966. His 1990 work IRON JOHN: A BOOK ABOUT MEN is an international bestseller which has been translated into many languages. Also on the program activist and philosopher Grace lee Boggs, who has taken part in some of the seminal civil rights struggles in U.S. history, discusses her belief that real change for democracy will come from the grassroots.

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