Wendell Berry's Reading List

The poet, novelist and environmentalist does not want his biography written. “As the only person who ever has lived my life, I know that most of it can never be documented, is beyond writing and beyond words.”

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By the Book: Wendell Berry (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-03-10).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen · Buy on Amazon

"Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen, no doubt a great book, also a good book."

Art and Scholasticism

Jacques Maritain · Buy on Amazon

"The book I recently read that I most needed to read was Art and Scholasticism, by Jacques Maritain."

Night Comes to the Cumberlands

Harry M. Caudill · Buy on Amazon

"Night Comes to the Cumberlands, by Harry M. Caudill, and Harry himself, showed me a way to be a Kentucky writer when I needed to be shown."

River of Earth

James Still · Buy on Amazon

"James Still, author of River of Earth and many short stories and poems, befriended me when I was young, and his work set a fine example for us all."

The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · Buy on Amazon

"When I was about 12, I could fairly recite The Yearling."

My Friend Flicka

Mary O'Hara · Buy on Amazon

"The Swiss Family Robinson I read many times, also the novels of Mary O'Hara: My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead."

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