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Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is a poet, philosopher and conservationist, and farms in Kentucky..

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The Peace of Wild Things • Wendell Berry

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life > Quotes

I rest in the grace of the world.

Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front • Wendell Berry

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food > Quotes

Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.

Short Story - The Requirement • Wendell Berry

Issue 247 • March/April 2008 • Long Live Biodiversity! > Regulars > Short Story

A CITIZEN'S RESPONSE • Wendell Berry

Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Feature Articles

We must work seriously for peace.

THE AGRARIAN STANDARD • Wendell Berry

Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Feature Articles

True health and wealth lie with the land.

THE FAILURE OF WAR • Wendell Berry

Issue 215 • November/December 2002 • The Power of Nature > Feature Articles

The free-market economy is becoming the war economy.

IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR • Wendell Berry

Issue 210 • January/February 2002 • In Adoration of Nature > September 11

Reflections on the terrorist attacks in America.Economics

GLOBAL PROBLEMS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS • Wendell Berry

Issue 206 • May/June 2001 • The Earth is all the home we have > Economics

Citizens must protect themselves by developing local economies.

IN DISTRUST OF MOVEMENTS • Wendell Berry

Issue 198 • January/February 2000 • Nature Millennium > Feature Articles

The author refuses to join single issue movements.

Poetry • Wendell Berry & Linda France

Issue 196 • September/October 1999 • Myth of Progress > Regulars > Poetry

Poetry • Wendell Berry & Kathleen Raine

Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Regulars > Poetry

THE WHOLE HORSE • Wendell Berry

Issue 188 • May/June 1998 • The Gene Debate > Feature Articles

Agrarianism is a culture at the same time as it is an economy. Industrialism is an economy before it is a culture.