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Telling the Stories Right: Wendell Berry�s Imagination of Port William
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Wendell Berry thinks of himself as a storyteller. Its somewhat ironic then that he is better known as an essayist, a poet, and an advocate for small farmers. The essays in this collection consider the many facets of Berrys life and work, but they focus on his efforts as a novelist and story writer. Indeed, Berry had already published three novels before his seminal work of cultural criticism, The Unsettling of America, established him as an ardent defender of local communities and sustainable agriculture. And over the past fifty years, he has published eight novels and more than forty-eight short stories set in the imagined community of Port William. His exquisite rendering of this small Kentucky town challenges us to see the beauty of our own places and communities and to tend their health, threatened though it inevitably is. The twelve contributors to this collection approach Berrys fiction from a variety of perspectivesliterary studies, journalism, theology, history, songwritingto shed light on its remarkable ability to make a good life imaginable and compelling. The first collection devoted to Berrys fiction, this volume insists that any consideration of Berrys work must begin with his stories. Contributors: Ingrid Anna Pierce Kiara Anne Jorgenson Doug Sikkema Ethan Bruce Mannon Fritz Oehlschlaeger Michael R Stevens Eric Miller Grace Marie Olmstead Jake Meador Andrew Peterson
- | Author: Jack R. Baker
- | Publisher: Front Porch Republic
- | Publication Date: March 26, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1532638094
- | ISBN-13: 9781532638091
- Author:
- Jack R. Baker
- Publisher:
- Front Porch Republic
- Publication Date:
- March 26, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 224 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1532638094
- ISBN-13:
- 9781532638091