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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry Paperback – August 5, 2003

by Wendell Berry (Author), Norman Wirzba (Editor)

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"Here is a human being speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness. We would do well to hear him."—The Washington Post Book World

Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. Grouped around five themes—an agrarian critique of culture, agrarian fundamentals, agrarian economics, agrarian religion, and geo-biography—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.

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"Here is a human being speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness. We would do well to hear him."

About the Author

Berrys themes are reflections of his life: friends, family, the farm, the nature around us as well as within. He speaks strongly for himself and sometimes for the lost heart of the country. As he has borne witness to the world for eight decades, what he offers us now in this new collection of poems is of incomparable value. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Counterpoint; 1 edition (August 5, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593760078
ISBN-13: 978-1593760076
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 41 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #40 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Sociology > Rural
- #147 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Anthologies
- #339 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Essays & Correspondence > Essays

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Five Stars

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awesome book great value

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Typos can't totally ruin the read

BySeth Brent Ewingon May 19, 2014

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Reading The Art of the Common Place is serving as my introduction to the writings of Wendell Berry. I usually don't bother to write reviews for what I read, but I am making an exception here because this e-book is full of typos. Be becomes he frequently. Corn becomes com etc. I hope some work is done to improve the e-book, especially since Berry writes so eloquently about producing things of quality.

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This thinker's economic ideas are well worth your consideration. ...

ByJohn H. Scotton May 1, 2015

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This thinker's economic ideas are well worth your consideration. In fact, if you take him seriously, he could well change your life and you could become a more thoughtful and eco-friendly citizen. He readily admits that he doesn't have all the answers but he is serious about preserving the world that God has given us.

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Inspirational

ByMickon January 18, 2013

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This book should be standard reading on every college campus and in every hall of power in America. Mr. Berry cuts through the branches and strikes at the root cause of our nation's moral decline; and he does so in a beautiful, eloquent, and poetic way. This book is a life changer.

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I was blind, but now I see!

ByRyan T. Foutson January 27, 2013

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Reading this book for my dissertation... every page is like a well deserved slap in the face to our society and culture, but a constructive one that resigns neither to helplessness nor hopelessness. Definitely a must-read! With every page it feels like another layer of a veil is lifted, and the reality of our condition (what should have been obvious all along) is made abundantly clear.

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... has changed my life - this book is a wonderful collection of some great essays i wish i read ...

ByAmy Saekowon April 27, 2016

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wendell berry has changed my life - this book is a wonderful collection of some great essays i wish i read earlier on in life

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One of the best books I have ever read

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Wendell Berry- if you know his writing and his life that says it all. Like leaning on a fence rail on an October day and listening to a fourth generation farmer talking of his land.

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Five Stars

An antidote to the thoughtless uniformity of the industrial economy

Published 5 months ago by Larry M. Hatfield

Wendell is a legend in the local food movement

Wendell's stuff is beautiful. The title pretty much describes it. He has a ton of books, so this one is as good as any to start with.

Published 9 months ago by Will Szal

starting a long process of healing the land through a loving stewardship that brings lasting happiness to communities (and every

As entertaining as it is wholesomely informational.

Wendell Berry's writing makes it clear that he sees a naked emporer -- but what sets him apart in my estimation, is...Read more

Published 9 months ago by A. M. Taylor

Four Stars

If you like Wendell Berry, you will appreciate this.

Published 1 year ago by Natalia Jensen

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Great Book! Not to be passed over or ignored.

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Having just reread this fine collection of essays again--long after my first pleasurable trip ...

Having just reread this fine collection of essays again--long after my first pleasurable trip through them--I am struck by two things. First, that Mr.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Bill

Great for the small-farm minded soul

Bought as a gift for my husband--I'd say he loves it based on how often he's found reading it! Great for the small-farm minded soul.

Published on June 1, 2015 by mdb0083

Ethical Masterpiece

Brilliant! Just what one expects from Mr. Berry. His essay on Race & Economics illustrates the insights we need- powerful and compassionate.

Published on May 19, 2015 by Charles L. Baker

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