New Collected Poems
Poems, 1964 - 2010
Catapult · Print & ebook · April 9, 2013
WENDELL BERRY POETRY AT ITS BEST: Discover nearly 200 poems from the Kentucky poet’s most popular poetry collections “A straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament, and family life.” —The New York Times Book Review In New Collected Poems, Wendell Berry reprints the nearly 200 hundred pieces in Collected Poems, along with the poems from his most recent collections—Entries, Given, and Leavings—to create an expanded collection, showcasing the work of a man heralded by The Baltimore Sun as “a sophisticated, philosophical poet in the line descending from Emerson and Thoreau . . . a major poet of our time.” Wendell Berry is the author of over 40 works of poetry, fiction, and non–fiction, and has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, a National Institute of Arts and Letters award for writing, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jean Stein Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
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- Who it’s for
- Nearly 200 poems gather Wendell Berry’s work from 1964 to 2010.
- Themes
- Connection to the soil, Marriage as sacrament, Family life
- Genres
- American Poetry, Nature Poetry, Inspirational & Religious Poetry
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WENDELL BERRY POETRY AT ITS BEST: Discover nearly 200 poems from the Kentucky poet’s most popular poetry collections “A straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament, and family life.” —The New York Times Book Review In New Collected Poems, Wendell Berry reprints the nearly 200 hundred pieces in Collected Poems, along with the poems from his most recent collections—Entries, Given, and Leavings—to create an expanded collection, showcasing the work of a man heralded by The Baltimore Sun as “a sophisticated, philosophical poet in the line descending from Emerson and Thoreau . . . a major poet of our time.”
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Wendell Berry is the author of over 40 works of poetry, fiction, and non–fiction, and has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, a National Institute of Arts and Letters award for writing, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jean Stein Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. While he began publishing work in the 1960s, Booklist has written that, “Berry has become ever more prophetic,” clearly standing up to the test of time.
Poems Across Decades
Nearly 200 poems gather Wendell Berry’s work from 1964 to 2010.
Come here for
- Poetry with a strong sense of place
- A wide-ranging view of Berry’s poetic work
Expect
- Nearly 200 poems from several collections
- Work spanning 1964 to 2010
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 84% |
|---|---|
| Inspirational & Religious Poetry | 79% |
| Nature Poetry | 62% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry
- American Poetry
- Nature Poetry
- Authors
- Wendell Berry
- Publisher
- Catapult
- Published
- April 9, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Connection to the soil · Marriage as sacrament · Family life
- Reading lane
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry