Bill Moyers: A World of Ideas - Writers [4 Discs]

" During the 1988 fall election season, TV commentator and pundit Bill Moyers sat down for Bill Moyers' World of Ideas a series of fifty 30-minute discussions with noted scientists, writers, philosophers, artists and historians, about various social issues and trends - programs that aired nationally on public television. This particular set brings together 13 of the episodes of the series that found Moyers interviewing writers. Guests include Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Tom Wolfe and Isaac Asimov. The featured writers hail from six different countries and represent a plethora of different literary genres and traditions, including poetry, performance, and literary narrative."