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Library of America inaugurates its edition of the complete fiction of one of America's most beloved living writers Library of America inaugurates its edition of the complete fiction of one of America's most beloved living writers For more than fifty years, in eight novels and fortytwoshort stories, Wendell Berry (b. 1934) has createdan indelible portrait of rural America through the lensof Port William, Kentucky, one of the most fullyimagined places in American literature.Taken together, these novels and stories form amasterwork of American prose- straightforward,spare, and lyrical.Now, for the first time, in an edition prepared in consultation with the author, Library of America is presenting the complete story of Port William in the order of narrative chronology.This first volume, which spans from the Civil War toWorld War II, gathers the novels Nathan Coulter(1960, revised 1985), A Place on Earth (1967, revised1983), A World Lost (1996), and Andy Catlett- EarlyTravels (2006), along with twenty-three short stories,among them such favorites as ""Watch With Me,""""Thicker than Liquor,"" and ""A Desirable Woman."" Italso features a newly researched chronology of Berry'slife and career, a map and a Port William Membershipfamily tree, and helpful notes. LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Wendell Berry gives us an intimate portrayal of the mind and heart of rural America. His graceful prose is truthful and eloquent. His tone is reliable and steady, like a good rain, sober and serious--all this and at times he is so funny you have to stop and roll on the floor. --Bobbie Ann Mason This is the most complete--and the most powerful--vision of any American writer in my time. The stories of the Port William Membership are a delight, a goad, and a testament less to what was than to what could be. They will leave no reader unmoved and unchanged. --Bill McKibben

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WENDELL BERRY (b. 1934) is a novelist, poet, farmer, and environmental writer and activist. He has published over 50 books, including over 25 books of poetry, 16 essay collections, and 8 novels. In 2010 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama, and in 2013 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2016 he received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He has made his home with his wife, Tanya Berry, in Henry County, Kentucky, for the last 50 years. JACK SHOEMAKER is the Editorial Director of Counterpoint Press, publishing the work of Gary Snyder, M.F.K. Fisher, Evan S. Connell, Robert Aitken, Anne Lamott, Jane Vandenburgh, and many others. He has worked with Wendell Berry for more than forty years.

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