{"product_id":"9780688177928","title":"Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft","description":"\u003ci\u003eFooling with Words\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate and inspirational celebration of the power  and pleasure of poetry.  Bill Moyers brings to life for the reader one of  the most vibrant cultural events in the country - the Geraldine R. Dodge  Poetry Festival, the \"Woodstock of poetry.\"  Every two years established and  emerging poets gather in Waterloo, New Jersey, to share their craft with  poetry fans from all over the country.  This \"demonstration of the  democratic spirit,\" says the dean of American poets, Stanley Kunitz, \"is one  of the most important revolutions in the whole history of modern poetry in  this country.  \u003cp\u003e  Bill Moyers has covered that revolution for a decade in a series of public  television specials.  In the fall of 1998 he returned to the Dodge Festival  to record the performances of the poets and, in interviews with them, a  dazzling array of sounds insights images, metaphors and emotions.  His  conversations with the poets take us behind the performance to explore the  sources of creativity and imagination.  Stanley Kunitz, now ninety-five  years old, quietly captivates with his poems \"Halley's Comet\" and \"Touch  Me.\"  Coleman Barks not only reads from his translations of Rumi but also  shares the poems that he wrote in tribute to his \"most beautiful  granddaughter.\"  Mark Doty talks with Moyers about \"poetry's great power to  preserve, its ability to take a moment in time and hold it forever.\"  Jane  Hirshfield talks about the influence on her poetry of the eight years she  studied Zen.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025099210992,"sku":"9780688177928","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780688177928_p0.jpg?v=1763609426","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780688177928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}