Wendell Berry: Essays 1969 - 1990
Essays, 1969-1990
$74.21
- Hardcover
841 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2019
Summary
The first volume of the Library of America’s definitive two-volume selection of the nonfiction writings of our greatest living advocate for sustainable culture.
Writing with elegance and clarity, Wendell Berry is a compassionate and compelling voice for our time of political and cultural distrust and division, whether expounding the joys and wisdom of nonindustrial agriculture, relishing the pleasure of eating food produced locally by people you know, or giving voice to a righteous co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598536065 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598536060 |
| Author: | Wendell Berry, Jack Shoemaker |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 841 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 557g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Library of America Wendell Berry Edition |
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Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry (1934-2026) was a novelist, poet, farmer, environmental writer, and activist. He earned an MA in English at the University of Kentucky in 1957. In 1958, he joined Stanford University’s creative writing program as a Wallace Stegner Fellow, studying under Stegner and with Edward Abbey, Larry McMurtry, Ernest Gaines, Tillie Olsen, Robert Stone, and Ken Kesey. In 1961, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to spend a year in Tuscany. From 1962-1964, he taught English at NYU before returning to the University of Kentucky, where he taught creative writing from 1964 to 1977 and again from 1987 to 1993.
Berry has published over 50 books, including more than 25 books of poetry, 16 essay collections, and 8 novels. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama. In 2013, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He made his home with his wife, Tanya Berry, in Henry County, Kentucky.
Jack Shoemaker is the Editorial Director of Counterpoint Press, publishing the work of Gary Snyder, M.F.K. Fisher, Evan S. Connell, Robert Aitken, Anne Lamott, James Salter, Gina Berriault, and many others. He has worked with Wendell Berry for more than forty years.
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