'He is unlike anybody else writing today ... After Donald Trump's election, we urgently need to rediscover the best of radical America. An essential part of that story is Wendell Berry. Few of us can live, or even aspire to, his kind of life. But nobody can risk ignoring him' Andrew Marr 'Wendell Berry is the most important writer and thinker that you have (probably) never heard of. He is an American sage' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Wendell Berry is 'something of an anachronism'. He began his life as the old times and the last of the old-time people were dying out, and continues to this day in the old ways: a team of work horses and a pencil are his preferred working tools. The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules and horses, and of the rich, intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work. These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress, and in defence of the local landscapes that provide our cultural heritage, our history, our home. In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out to defend the land we live on. With grace and conviction, he shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy. The natural world will not withstand it. Yet he also shares with us a vision of consolation and of hope. We may be locked in an uneven struggle, but we can and must begin to treat our land, our neighbours, and ourselves with respect and care. We must, as Berry urges, abandon arrogance and stand in awe.

World-Ending Fire

Wendell Berry

Penguin

The America many people would like to believe in is convincingly expressed in this fourth volume of poems by a writer close to the heart of things. The sanity and eloquence of these poems spring from the land in Kentucky where Wendell Berry was born, married, lives, farms, writes, and teaches. From classic pastoral themes both lyrical and reflective, to a verse play, to a dramatic narrative and the manic, entertaining, prescient ravings of Berry's Mad Farmer, these poems show the unity of language and consciousness, the skill and sensitivity, that have placed Wendell Berry at the front rank of contemporary American poets.

Farming: A Hand Book

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Allen Lane.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.\nFrom the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, Wendell Berry's powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with the earth, and with each other.\nOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

What I Stand for Is What I Stand On

Science & Math

Environment

Penguin Classics

The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982

NORTH POINT PRESS

Recalls past camping trips, reminisces about people from the author's childhood, and considers issues about conservation and the quality of life in the United States

Recollected Essays, 1965-1980

History

Americas

Poems deal with nature, the seasons, walks, creation, rain, marriage, mortality, work and rural life

Traveling at Home

North Point Pr

You can give back to nature those raw materials we now regard as "waste." This book, written by a leading authority on appropriate technology, offers homeowner plans for several types of dry toilets, compost privys and greywater systems. Van der Ryn also discusses the history and philosophy of turning organic wastes into a rich humus, linking us to the fertility of the soil and ensuring our ultimate well-being. --- from book's back cover

The Toilet Papers: Designs to Recycle Human Waste and Water : Dry Toilets, Greywater Systems and Urban Sewage

Sim Van Der Ryn

Nature & Ecology

Capra Press

Wendell Berry and David James Duncan each share their views about the Iraq war in 2 interesting essays.

Citizens Dissent Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror

David James Duncan

Philosophy

Orion Society

Selections made from nominations by the editors of independent noncommercial presses and magazines. The first Editor's Choice spanned the period from 1965 to 1977. The volume following this one, Editor's Choice III, spans the period from 1983 to 1990.

Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1978-1983 (Contemporary Anthology Series)

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

William Stafford

Naomi Shihab Nye

Dorothy Allison

Jo McDougall

Among the 83 poets and authors of fiction are: Marge Piercy

MartÃ­n Espada

Thomas McGrath

Jaroslav Seifert

United States

The Spirit That Moves Us Press

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