{"product_id":"it-all-turns-on-affection-wendell-berry-9781619021143","title":"It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture \u0026 Other Essays","description":"An impassioned and rigorous appeal for reconnection to the land and human feeling by one of America's most heartfelt and humble writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture--our nation's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement--Wendell Berry decided to take on the obligation of thinking again about the problems that have engaged him throughout his long career. He wanted a fresh start, not only in looking at the groundwork of the problems facing our nation and the earth itself, but in gaining hope from some examples of repair and healing even in these times of Late Capitalism and its destructive contagions. As a poet and writer he understood already that much can be gleaned from looking at the vocabulary of these problems themselves and how we describe them. And he settled on \"affection\" as a method of engagement and solution. The result is the greatest speech he has delivered in his six decades of public life. \u003ci\u003eIt All Turns on Affection\u003c\/i\u003e will take its place alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettling of America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Good Land\u003c\/i\u003e as major testaments to the power and clarity of his contribution to American thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also included are a small handful of other recent essays and a wonderful conversation between Mr. Berry, his wife Tanya Berry, and the head of the National Endowment of the Humanities Jim Leech, which took place just after the award was announced. The result offers a wonderful continuation of the long conversation Berry has had with his readers over many years and as well as a fine introduction to his life and work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These powerful, challenging essays show why Berry's vision of a sustainable, human-scaled society has proven so influential.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendell Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1619021145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619021143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2012","brand":"Wendell Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049526358271,"sku":"9781619021143","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c35c549-8549-49b0-8324-d8ed767eb282.jpg?v=1685002014","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-all-turns-on-affection-wendell-berry-9781619021143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}