Comments on: Put Down Whatever You’re Doing And Read Wendell Berry’s Jefferson Lecture. Now.

By: So Much To Read

So Much To Read — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:03:06 +0000

Thanks for posting. I’m now 30 minutes behind on work. The definition of sustainability–connecting the fertility cycle and cultural cycle–is terrific.

By: Jack Pealer

Jack Pealer — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:49:30 +0000

…and when you’ve finished reading the lecture, get and devour a copy of That Distant Land, which contains many rich stories of the type that Mr. Berry used to frame his Jefferson Lecture essay.

By: delta99

delta99 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:37:33 +0000

I imagine the DC folks, upon hearing the lecture, would come together in a bipartisan way to turn Port Royal into a nuclear waste repository. Consider the threat! We can’t have ponderous lectures from a man who loves something and occasionally tilts at what threatens the object of his love.