{"product_id":"dispatches-from-rural-america","title":"Dispatches from Rural America: Sixteen Essays by Wendell Berry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and brilliant new collection of essays by one of our most important writers of life in America today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new collection gathers together for the first time sixteen essays by one of our most revered chroniclers of life in America, a landmark commentary on family, faith, community, and the threats of modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanging from the devastating effects of war on children to the endless problems of industrialism and the ubiquitous need for connection and community, \u003ci\u003eDispatches From Rural America\u003c\/i\u003e captures a country isolated from its land and beginnings, too focused on mass production and output, and perilously estranged from the spiritual centers that make up the foundation of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the cusp of the fiftieth anniversary of Berry's seminal book \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettling of America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDispatches From Rural America\u003c\/i\u003e is urgent and vital reading in this time of political chaos from one of our most important writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Clear-eyed and plainspoken, it's an urgent call to reexamine the origins of modern ills.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/collections\/wendell-berry\" title=\"Wendell Berry\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46519084253370,"sku":"9781640098572","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_72a7b3bf-609e-411b-9aa9-7bc5957eddcc.jpg?v=1788272259","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/dispatches-from-rural-america","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}