Over a decade ago, while filmmaker Laura Dunn was making her first feature documentary, “The Unforeseen,” farmer and poet Wendell Berry graciously invited her into his Henry County, Kentucky home so ...
Nature as a measure -- Stupidity in concentration -- Agricultural solutions for agricultural problems -- A defense of the family farm -- Let the farm judge -- Energy in agriculture -- Conservationist ...
A writing project for America’s Advent reflection series last week gave me occasion to revisit a favorite poem (“IX”) by an author who knows more than most about seasons, both liturgical and ...
Wendell Berry's life has been one of literature and the land. Berry, who will be the recipient of the 2012 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, is the author of more than 40 books of poetry, ...
Wendell Berry’s imagined residents of Port William, Kentucky, are nearly as familiar to his most devoted readers as their own extended family members. In a series of novels and dozens of short stories ...
In Wendell Berry’s “Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story,” the elderly Andy Catlett recalls a family legend that has been passed down through the generations. It is about Andy’s grandfather Marce, a ...