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THE WORLD-ENDING FIRE
The Essential Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is 'something of an anachronism'. 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 defense of the local landscapes, essays that celebrate our cultural heritage, our history, and our home. 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 survive 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 neighbors, and ourselves with respect and care. We must, as Berry urges, abandon arrogance and stand in awe.
WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, activist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the James Beard Foundation's Leadership Award, among others. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (He's also probably the most famous man in Kentucky.)
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 neighbors, and ourselves with respect and care. We must, as Berry urges, abandon arrogance and stand in awe.
WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, activist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the James Beard Foundation's Leadership Award, among others. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (He's also probably the most famous man in Kentucky.)
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