Wendell Berry is one of my favorite writers. I first discovered him through his novels set in the ficticious town of Port William, Kentucky. He is a poet, an essayist and a farmer for the past 40 years in central Kentucky. A native of Henry County, Kentucky he graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1956 and received his Master's degree in 1957. Through his essays, poems and novels, as well as lectures, he models values I share: sustainable agriculture, local communities, responsible technologies, good slow-cooked food, living in harmony with the land and your community, and a sense of place. Familiar with his fiction, I just recently discovered his poetry. Here is a YouTube clip of a reading of his poem, "What Do The Tall Trees Say":
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