The second 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 contempt for hollow
innovation. He is our most important writer on the cultural crisis posed
by industrialization and mass consumerism, and the vital role of rural,
sustainable farming in preserving the planet as well as our national
character. Now, in celebration of Berry's extraordinary six-decade-long
career, Library of America presents a two-volume selection of his
nonfiction writings prepared in close consultation with the author.
In this second volume, forty-four essays from ten works turn to issues
of political and social debate--big government, science and religion,
and the meaning of citizenship following the tragedy of 9/11. Also
included is his Jefferson Lecture to the National Endowment for the
Humanities, It All Turns on Affection (2012). Berry's essays remain
timely, even urgent today, and will resonate with anyone interested in
our relationship to the natural world and especially with a younger,
politically engaged generation invested in the future welfare of the
planet.
INCLUDES:
Life is a Miracle
AND SELECTIONS FROM
Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community
Another Turn of the Crank
Citizenship Papers
The Way of Ignorance
What Matters?
Imagination in Place
It All Turns on Affection
Our Only World
The Art of Loading Brush
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