Wendell Berry
American poet, novelist, and essayist who has farmed the same Kentucky land for sixty years while producing a body of writing that makes the strongest available case for local community, careful farming, and the rejection of industrial agriculture. The Unsettling of America is his most influential prose work. He is America's foremost agrarian thinker.
Works
- Jayber CrowA barber in rural Kentucky achieves grace through quiet service and love
- Hannah CoulterA widow revisits her life, her community, and her husband's legacy in Kentucky
- A Place on EarthInterconnected rural Kentucky lives exploring love, marriage, and community bonds
- The Memory of Old JackAn aging man reflects on his long life in rural Kentucky with profound wisdom
- That Distant LandA collection of linked stories set in Berry's fictional Port William, Kentucky
- The Unsettling of AmericaEssays arguing for agrarian values and sustainable community-rooted living
- Bringing It to the TableEssays and speeches collected to bring Berry's vision of sustainable culture to the table
- The Gift of Good LandEssays on religious faith, land stewardship, and the gifts of the natural world
- Standing by WordsEssays on the power of language, writing, and standing by one's convictions
- Life Is a MiracleEssays affirming the beauty and meaning found in natural and everyday life
- What Are People For?Essays exploring the purpose and value of human life, work, and community
- Sex, Economy, Freedom and CommunityEssays examining the interconnections between sexuality, economics, freedom, and society