Wendell Berry: Headlining Presenting Author
for the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival
“I admire above all the manner in which he has woven his work, his works, and his living example into one.” --Michael Perry, bestselling author of Truck, A Love Story and Coop

The Wisconsin Book Festival, in partnership with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, is delighted to announce renowned poet, essayist, farmer, and novelist Wendell Berry as Headlining Presenting Author for the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival.

“The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and wasteful.”
--Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry’s work dovetails seamlessly with the theme of the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival: Courage. In sharing his worldview with us, Mr. Berry provides provocation for discourse on the topics of our day requiring courageous action including environmental conservation, war, economics, and human connection.

“For me, the poems of Wendell Berry--with all their penetrating honesty and passion for the world--are indispensable, filled with those elusive truths that I'm sure I've always known, but have never been able to articulate.” --Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate, State of Wisconsin


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Wendell Berry Speaks to a Sold Out Audience
At The Lisner, Washington, D.C.

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