Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry

Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. He has also been known for his nonviolent activism against nuclear power, war, the death penalty, and coal.
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Come Into the Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, / I go and lie down... Read more.