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Window Poems - by Wendell Berry (Paperback)

Name: Window Poems - by Wendell Berry (Paperback)
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Composed while Wendell Berry looked out the multipaned window of his writing studio, this early sequence of poems contemplates Berry's personal life as much as it ponders the seasons he witnessed through the window.
About the Author: WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions.
64 Pages
Poetry, American

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About the Book

Composed while Wendell Berry looked out the multipaned window of his writing studio, this early sequence of poems contemplates Berry's personal life as much as it ponders the seasons he witnessed through the window.
First designed and printed on a Washington handpress by Bob Barris at the Press on Scroll Road, this book includes elegant wood engravings by Wesley Bates that complement the reflective and meditative beauty of Berry's poems.

Book Synopsis

Composed while Wendell Berry looked out the multipaned window of his writing studio, this early sequence of poems contemplates Berry's personal life as much as it ponders the seasons he witnessed through the window. First designed and printed on a Washington hand press by Bob Barris at the Press on Scroll Road, Window Poems includes elegant wood engravings by Wesley Bates that complement the reflective and meditative beauty of Berry's poems.

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Praise for Wendell Berry

"Berry continues to offer a compelling vision of the good and the true life." --The Boston Globe

"Berry is the prophetic American voice of our day." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Berry enjoins us to look at common parts of creation--trees, rivers, and birds--but meditates upon them with such grace and insight as to ensure that we will never see them as commonplace again." --Splendid Magazine

"Berry's craftsmanship remains impeccable." --Booklist

About the Author

WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.28 Inches (H) x 6.32 Inches (W) x .25 Inches (D)

Weight: .36 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 64

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: American

Publisher: Counterpoint LLC

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Wendell Berry

Language: English

Street Date: October 1, 2010

TCIN: 92892980

UPC: 9781582436234

Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-0852

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.25 inches length x 6.32 inches width x 9.28 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.36 pounds

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