Roots to the Earth
Poems and a Story
Catapult · Print & ebook · September 13, 2016
In 1995, Wendell Berry’s Roots to the Earth was published in portfolio form by West Meadow Press.
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- Who it’s for
- Poems, a story, and wood engravings meet in a thoughtful portrait of farming.
- Themes
- Farming and agriculture, The farmer’s experience, Tenderness, love, anger, and uncertainty
- Genres
- Nature Poetry, American Poetry, Environmental & Land Art
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In 1995, Wendell Berry’s Roots to the Earth was published in portfolio form by West Meadow Press. The wood etchings of celebrated artist and wood engraver, Wesley Bates, were printed from the original wood blocks on handmade Japanese paper. In 2014, this work was reprinted at Larkspur Press, along with additional poems.
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It is now with great pleasure that Counterpoint reproduces this collaborative work for trade publication, as well as expanding it with the inclusion of a short story, “The Branch Way of Doing,” and additional engravings by Bates. In his introduction to the 2014 collection, Bates wrote: "As our society moves toward urbanization, the majority of the population views agriculture from an increasingly detached position . . . In his poetry [Berry] reveals tenderness and love as well as anger and uncertainty . . . The wood engravings in this collection are intended to be companion pieces to . . . the way he expresses what it is to be a farmer."
Earth and Image
Poems, a story, and wood engravings meet in a thoughtful portrait of farming.
Come here for
- A farmer’s perspective shaped by tenderness, anger, and uncertainty
- Poetry paired with Wesley Bates’s wood engravings
Expect
- Poems and the short story “The Branch Way of Doing”
- Engravings intended as companions to Berry’s poems
Where it sits
| Nature Poetry | 45% |
|---|---|
| American Poetry | 39% |
| Environmental & Land Art | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Environmental & Land Art
- Nature & the Outdoors
- Place Poetry
- Authors
- Wendell Berry, Wesley Bates
- Publisher
- Catapult
- Published
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Farming and agriculture · The farmer’s experience · Tenderness, love, anger, and uncertainty
- Reading lane
- Environmental & Land Art