Maxine Hong Kingston on peace and war

For 15 years, National Humanities Medalist Maxine Hong Kingston has been working with veterans-soldiers from World War II, from Vietnam, and now, from Iraq-to convert the ghosts of war into the poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that Kingston believes will help them survive. In this program, Bill Moyer...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2007], c2007.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Table of Contents:
  • Maxine Hong Kingston: "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace" (4:40)
  • Robert Golling Jr.: The Body Escort (5:32)
  • Sandy Scull: Sea Salt, Mrs. Martinez (9:16)
  • Hopper Martinez and Pauline Laurent (7:35)
  • Sean Mclain Brown (3:49)
  • Ted Sexauer: Poem for Tet (4:26)
  • Rebels Created by War (4:05)
  • Writing as a Tool to Understand Loss (4:37)
  • Maxine Hong Kingston: Hoping for Peace (5:51)