Roots to the earth

by Berry, Wendell

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Title Statements

Full title :Roots to the earth / by Wendell Berry ; wood engravings by Wesley Bates.

Summary

In 1995, Wendell Berry's Roots to the Earth was published in portfolio form by West Meadow Press. The wood etchings of celebrated artist and wood engraver, Wesley Bates, were printed from the original wood blocks on handmade Japanese paper. In 2014, this work was reprinted along with additional poems. Together with Bates' original wood engravings, and designed by Gray Zeitz, Larkspur Press printed just one hundred copies of this book in a stunning limited edition. Now it is with great pleasure that Counterpoint is reproducing this collaborative work for trade publication, as well as expanding it with the inclusion of a short story, "The Branch Way of Doing," with additional engravings by Bates. In his introduction to the 2014 collection, Bates wrote: "As our society moves toward urbanization, the majority of the population views agriculture from an increasingly detached position ... In his poetry [Berry] reveals tenderness and love as well as anger and uncertainty ... The wood engravings in this collection are intended to be companion pieces to ... the way he expresses what it is to be a farmer."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Counterpoint
Place of Publication:Berkeley, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

Poetry collection originally published in 1995.

Contains the prize-winning short story: The Branch way of doing.

The Physical Object

Description:55 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1619027801, 9781619027800
oclc:ocn941875632
LC Classification:PS3552.E75
Dewey Decimal:811.54

The man born to farming -- The buildings -- The seeds -- The current -- The barn -- The farmer, speaking of monuments -- The fearfulness of hands that have learned killing -- Enriching the earth -- The branch way of doing.

Subjects

Agriculteurs -- Poésie Agriculteurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Agriculture Agriculture -- Poésie Agriculture -- Poetry Familles rurales -- Poésie Familles rurales -- Romans, nouvelles, … Farm life Farm life -- Fiction Farm life -- Poetry Farmers Farmers -- Fiction Farmers -- Poetry Fiction Nouvelles Poésie Poetry Rural families Rural families -- Fiction Rural families -- Poetry