Monday, January 22, 2018

Reading Essays by the Formidable Wendell Berry

Kentucky native Wendell Berry has worn a lot of hats in his varied, prolific career.  Part poet, novelist and essayist (he's written more than 40 books); social activist (Berry has lobbied the US government for years on behalf of a sensible agricultural policy); and farmer (Berry lives on the uplands of north central Kentucky,  where he has developed his vital and critical views on sustainable living.)

In Our Only World, in ten essays, Wendell pulls together the strongest, most urgent and compelling writing of his I've read. The two lines below are worth our reflection and action.

"People do not become wealthy by treating one another or the world kindly and with respect. Do we not need to remember this? Do we have a single eminent leader who would dare to remind us?"

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