false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172178204m/146151.jpg 146151 4 <div>The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty-one essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. These essays promote a clearly defined and compelling vision important to all people dissatisfied with the stress, anxiety, disease, and destructiveness of contemporary American culture. Why is agriculture becoming culturally irrelevant, and at what cost? What are the forces of social disintegration and how might they be reversed? How might men and women live together in ways that benefit both? And, how does the corporate takeover of social institutions and economic practices contribute to the destruction of human and natural environments? Through his staunch support of local economies, his defense of farming communities, and his call for family integrity, Berry emerges as the champion of responsibilities and priorities that serve the health, vitality, and happiness of the whole community of creation.</div> 1781679 2002 The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry total:274|5:144|4:86|3:35|2:8|1:1| 274 1186 551 44 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 20:57:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 20:57:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Dec 29 10:26:23 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:26:32 -0800 2008 Recommended by Wade Peerman
‘Eating is an agricultural act’ is Wendell Berry’s claim in his essay, ‘The Pleasures of Eating,’ collected here alongside his finest non-fiction works. Food, Berry tells us, is now the product of industry ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 13 13:41:18 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 20:46:22 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 13:41:05 -0700 2007 The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, but they were worth reading again.

A Native Hill
A meditative history (both personal and cultural) of a hill in Kentucky. There are some lovely, lyrical passages in this work, which is r...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 14:26:19 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 16:29:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 20 09:40:22 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:56:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:20:52 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:55:11 -0700 2008 1
In reading Berry's essays, most often about the transition of small farms to corporate conglomerates, I often find myself wondering how long the U.S. can continue on it...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 08:33:41 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:34:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 30 10:57:09 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:57:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 26 16:14:43 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 16:15:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 09 15:54:07 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:54:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 07 16:25:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 16:47:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 12:02:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:02:48 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 07:34:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:34:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 17:03:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 17:03:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 06:38:49 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 07:17:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 28 07:17:27 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 11:01:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:11:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:29:22 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 09:12:57 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:12:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 09:12:56 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:12:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 15:17:23 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:26:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=146151