The 87-year-old agrarian writer lets it rip in his forthcoming book The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice. Here is a description of the book, … [Read more...] about Wendell Berry’s forthcoming book will “offend most everyone”
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The Author’s Corner with Thomas Alter
Thomas Alter is Assistant Professor of History at Texas State University. This interview is based on his new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted … [Read more...] about The Author’s Corner with Thomas Alter
The Way of Improvement: From Cohansey to Dakota
My friend Eric Miller, a history and humanities professor at Geneva College, just completed an independent study on "History in Place" with his student Mary Burgreen, … [Read more...] about The Way of Improvement: From Cohansey to Dakota
VOX Profiles Wendell Berry
Hope Reese has written a nice introduction to Wendell Berry and his place-centered, agrarian ideas. Here is a taste: Bill McKibben’s environmental activism was … [Read more...] about VOX Profiles Wendell Berry
The Wendell Berry Farming Program
It is a two-year degree program with Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont and it is run by the Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky Learn more from Latria Graham's … [Read more...] about The Wendell Berry Farming Program
Actually, Matt Stewart, you DO have “to be a Wendell Berry fundamentalist” to believe those who use social media are delusional
Matt Stewart, a graduate student at Syracuse University and a guy I call a friend, argues that Wendell Berry fans are betraying Berry by using social media. Stewart … [Read more...] about Actually, Matt Stewart, you DO have “to be a Wendell Berry fundamentalist” to believe those who use social media are delusional
The Author’s Corner with Enrico Dal Lago
Enrico Dal Lago is Professor of American History at National University of Ireland Galway. This interview is based on his new book, Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The … [Read more...] about The Author’s Corner with Enrico Dal Lago
How Can Anyone Hate Wendell Berry?
Allen T. Stanton, a United Methodist pastor, hates the agrarian writer Wendell Berry. Here is a taste of his piece at Faith & Leadership: On the surface, my town … [Read more...] about How Can Anyone Hate Wendell Berry?
Some of Wendell Berry’s Port William Novels Are Now Part of the Library of America
Speaking of rural America... You can now read Wendell Berry's Nathan Coulter, Andy Catlett: Early Travels, A World Lost, A Place on Earth, and a bunch of short … [Read more...] about Some of Wendell Berry’s Port William Novels Are Now Part of the Library of America
Wendell Berry: “What I stand for is what I stand on”
Wendell Berry has a new book out. It is a collection of essays, short stories, and poetry titled The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings. Brian Barth reviews … [Read more...] about Wendell Berry: “What I stand for is what I stand on”
An Interview with Wendell Berry’s Daughter
Mary Berry is the director of the Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky. She is the daughter of agrarian writer Wendell Berry. In this interview at America magazine, … [Read more...] about An Interview with Wendell Berry’s Daughter
The Virtue Solution Project
A couple of young upstate South Carolina state lawmakers (one of them claims to be a follower of David Barton) is trying to save the American republic through an … [Read more...] about The Virtue Solution Project
Wendell Berry Talks to *The New York Times*
The agrarian novelist Wendell Berry is featured in the most recent "By the Book" series at The New York Times. Here is a taste of his interview: What books are … [Read more...] about Wendell Berry Talks to *The New York Times*
11th Century Farming in the 21st Century
Keith Ferrell, the former editor of Omni magazine, lives on a farm in Virginia. He works his farm with the tools available to 11th century farmers. He tells his … [Read more...] about 11th Century Farming in the 21st Century
Eric Miller on Wendell Berry’s Fiction
Check out the recent edition of The Cresset for Eric Miller's essay, "Technology and Human Renewal in Wendell Berry's Port William." Miller focuses predominantly on … [Read more...] about Eric Miller on Wendell Berry’s Fiction
Evangelicals, Stickers, Boomers, and Small Towns
The deeper I go into academic life the more I lose touch with the passions that led me to pursue a professorial career in the first place. After reading Jake Meador's … [Read more...] about Evangelicals, Stickers, Boomers, and Small Towns
Herman Husband
Herman HusbandKen Owen's excellent post at "The Junto" reminded me once again of Herman Husband. I remain fascinated by his story because his life intersects with so … [Read more...] about Herman Husband
Did Feminism Kill Home Cooking?
Progressive food writer Michael Pollan thinks so and he is not the only progressive who does. There is even a small movement of "punk neo-feminist housewives" who are … [Read more...] about Did Feminism Kill Home Cooking?
Wendell Berry’s NEH Jefferson Lecture
Last night the Kentucky poet, fiction-writer, and activist Wendell Berry delivered the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture. According … [Read more...] about Wendell Berry’s NEH Jefferson Lecture
Catholics and Family Farms
Have Catholics neglected agriculture? Apparently so, according to St. Paul Seminary professor Chris Thompson. Here is a taste of an article about Thompson, … [Read more...] about Catholics and Family Farms