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Wendell Berry was born in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1934, and lives and farms with his wife, Tanya Berry, close to the place of his birth. A poet, critic, storyteller, and activist, he has written more than fifty books. He is the recipient of The National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, and was named The Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is a winner of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
America's greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living. Chicago Tribune Compelling, luminous . . . our modern-day Thoreau. He is unlike anybody else writing today. He writes at least as well as George Orwell and has an urgent message for modern industrial capitalism . . . nobody can risk ignoring him. Andrew Marr, New Statesman Whether you're new to the words of Wendell Berry or a longtime fan of this Kentucky poet, farmer, and land-protector, you'll want to add this tome of unforgettable, earth-moving Southern outdoors writing to the shelf. Garden & Gun Berry's graceful essays have long been models of eloquence, insight, and conviction . . . Newcomers will find the works exceptionally timely, and the book as a whole a thoughtful introduction to Berry's writing. Publishers Weekly Mr. Berry is a sophisticated, philosophical poet in the line descending from Emerson and Thoreau. The Baltimore Sun Wendell Berry is one of those rare individuals who speaks to us always of responsibility, of the individual cultivation of an active and aware participation in the arts of life. The Bloomsbury Review
