"America’s greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living."
―Chicago Tribune
"Compelling, luminous . . . our modern-day Thoreau. He is unlike anybody else writing today. He writes at least as well as George Orwell and has an urgent message for modern industrial capitalism . . . nobody can risk ignoring him."
―Andrew Marr, New Statesman
"Whether you’re new to the words of Wendell Berry or a longtime fan of this Kentucky poet, farmer, and land-protector, you’ll want to add this tome of unforgettable, earth-moving Southern outdoors writing to the shelf."
―Garden & Gun
"Berry’s graceful essays have long been models of eloquence, insight, and conviction . . . Newcomers will find the works exceptionally timely, and the book as a whole a thoughtful introduction to Berry’s writing."
―Publishers Weekly
“Mr. Berry is a sophisticated, philosophical poet in the line descending from Emerson and Thoreau."
―The Baltimore Sun
"Wendell Berry is one of those rare individuals who speaks to us always of responsibility, of the individual cultivation of an active and aware participation in the arts of life."
―The Bloomsbury Review