Citizenship Papers
Essays
$45.51
- Paperback
190 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2014
Summary
” Berry’s refusal to abandon the local for the global, to sacrifice neighborliness, community integrity, and economic diversity for access to Walmart, has never seemed more appealing, nor his questions of personal accountability more powerful.“-Kirkus ReviewsThere are those in America today who seem to feel we must audition for our citizenship, with “patriot” offered as the badge for those found narrowly worthy. Let this book stand as Wendell Berry’s application, for he is one of those faithful, devoted critics envisioned by the Founding Fathers to be the life’s blood and very future of the nation they imagined.Citizenship Papers collects nineteen new essays, from celebrations of exemplary lives to critiques of American life, including “A Citizen’s Response to the new National Security Strategy “-a ringing call of caution to a nation standing on the brink of global catastrophe.“The courage of a book, it has been said, is that it looks away from nothing. Here is a brave book.” -The Charlotte Observer”Berry says that these recent essays mostly say again what he has said before. His faithful readers may think he hasn’t, however, said any of it better before.“-Booklist (starred review)
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619024472 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1619024470 |
| Author: | Wendell Berry |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 190 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 403g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 228mm |
Critics Review
“The courage of a book, it has been said, is that it looks away from nothing. Here is a brave book.” —The Charlotte Observer
“Berry says that these recent essays mostly say again what he has said before. His faithful readers may think he hasn’t, however, said any of it better before.” —Booklist (starred review)
”[Berry’s] refusal to abandon the local for the global, to sacrifice neighborliness, community integrity, and economic diversity for access to Walmart, has never seemed more appealing, nor his questions of personal accountability more powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews
Wendell Berry
WENDELL BERRY (August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026), was an essayist, novelist, and poet. During his life, he was honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lived with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
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