Author: Wendell BerryIn this varied and vibrant collection of new writings, Wendell Berry covers a wide landscape of interests relevant to us all, ranging from public policy to nature and spirituality. He shares his singular perspective on matters that affect each of us on personal and public levels--indeed, this collection confirms what Berry readers have long known: Few writers in America can match the depth of his thought or the ringing clarity of his prose. Imagination in Place brings to date Berry's perspective on such essential current concerns as agriculture, sustainability, and the economy. He addresses the latter with his much admired essay Faustian Economics, previously published in Harper's Magazine and included here--an especially prescient commentary given our country's current challenges with late capitalism. There are also beautiful essays of tribute, wherein Berry offers insights into the lives and works of writers such as Wallace Stegner, James Still, Gary Snyder, Kathleen Raine, Donald Hall, and Jane Kenyon. Altogether, readers familiar with Wendell Berry's work and those new to his thought will find the essays here to be full of extraordinary power and hope.
