The Mad Farmer Poems

Wendell Berry, Abigail Rorer

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Counterpoint
14 January 2014

Poetry by individual poets

During the otherwise quiet course of his life as a poet, Wendell Berry has become ""mad"" at what contemporary society has made of its land, its communities, and its past. This anger reaches its peak in the poems of the Mad Farmer, an open-ended sequence he's found himself impelled to continue against his better instincts. These poems can take the shape of manifestos, meditations, insults, Whitmanic fits and ravings-these are often funny in spite of themselves. The Mad Farmer is a character as necessary, perhaps, as he is regrettable.

Here are gathered the individual poems from Berry's various collections to offer the teachings of this amazing American voice. After the great success of the lovely Window Poems, Bob Baris of the Press on Scroll Road returns to design and produce an edition illustrated with etchings by Abigail Rover. James Baker Hall and William Kloefkorn offer poems here that also show how the Mad Farmer has escaped into the work of others. The whole is a wonderful testimony to the power of anger and humor to bring even the most terrible consequences into a focus otherwise impossible to obtain.

By: Wendell Berry, Abigail Rorer
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 100g
ISBN: 9781619022775
ISBN 10: 161902277X
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 14 January 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.

Reviews for The Mad Farmer Poems

"Praise for Wendell Berry ""Berry enjoins us to look at common parts of creation--trees, rivers, and birds--but meditates upon them with such grace and insight as to ensure that we will never see them as commonplace again.""--Splendid Magazine ""Berry continues to offer a compelling vision of the good and the true life.""--Boston Globe ""Berry is the prophetic American voice of our day.""--Christian Science Monitor ""Berry's craftsmanship remains impeccable.""--Booklist"

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