Summary
During the otherwise quiet course of his life as a poet, Wendell Berry has become “mad” at what contemporary society has made of its land, its communities, and its past. This anger reaches its peak in the poems of the Mad Farmer, an open-ended sequence he’s found himself impelled to continue against his better instincts.
These poems can take the shape of manifestos, meditations, insults, Whitmanic fits and ravings—these are often funny in spite of themselves. The Mad Farmer is a chara…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619022775 |
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| ISBN-10: | 161902277X |
| Author: | Wendell Berry, Abigail Rorer |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 139mm x 209mm |
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Praise for Wendell Berry “Berry enjoins us to look at common parts of creation–trees, rivers, and birds–but meditates upon them with such grace and insight as to ensure that we will never see them as commonplace again.”–Splendid Magazine “Berry continues to offer a compelling vision of the good and the true life.”–Boston Globe “Berry is the prophetic American voice of our day.”–Christian Science Monitor “Berry’s craftsmanship remains impeccable.”–Booklist
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is an essayist, novelist, and poet. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
In 2010, President Barack Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal. In 2016, he was honored with the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle.
Wendell Berry resides with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
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