The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
Catapult · Print & ebook · August 6, 1999
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- Who it’s for
- These poems bring land, family, community, and tradition into a four-decade conversation.
- Themes
- Land and nature, Family and community, Tradition and culture
- Genres
- American Poetry, Nature Poetry, Inspirational & Religious Poetry
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This poetry collection about nature, community, and tradition is a stunning primer on the poetic works of the award-winning Kentucky writer, environmentalist, and cultural critic. The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry gathers one hundred poems written between 1957 and 1996. Chosen by the author, these pieces have been selected from each of nine previously published collections.
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The rich work in this volume reflects the development of Berry’s poetic sensibility over four decades. Focusing on themes that have occupied his work for years—land and nature, family and community, tradition as the groundwork for life and culture—The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry celebrates the broad range of this vital and transforming poet.
Rooted Attention
These poems bring land, family, community, and tradition into a four-decade conversation.
Come here for
- Poetry attentive to nature and the ties of community
- A chosen span of work from nine collections
Expect
- Themes that deepen across four decades
- A wide-ranging poetic sensibility
Where it sits
| Nature Poetry | 83% |
|---|---|
| American Poetry | 79% |
| Inspirational & Religious Poetry | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry
- American Poetry
- Nature Poetry
- Authors
- Wendell Berry
- Publisher
- Catapult
- Published
- August 6, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Land and nature · Family and community · Tradition and culture
- Reading lane
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry