The Mad Farmer Poems
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Document Type
Book
Description
During the otherwise quiet course of his life as a poet, Wendell Berry has become “mad” at what contemporary society has made of its land, its communities, and its past. This anger reaches its peak in the poems of the Mad Farmer, an open-ended sequence he's found himself impelled to continue against his better instincts. These poems can take the shape of manifestos, meditations, insults, Whitmanic fits and ravings-these are often funny in spite of themselves. The Mad Farmer is a character as necessary, perhaps, as he is regrettable.
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Counterpoint
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | History
Repository Citation
Berry , W. (2008). The Mad Farmer Poems. New York, NY: Counterpoint.
