Thank you, James, for a beautiful essay. It kind of hurt my heart when "Jayber Crow" was published the very year after I had submitted my dissertation to the UTD Humanities Dept., entitled "Living Responsibly in Community: Wendell Berry's Port William Fiction." I read every novel and collection of short stories available at the time (not to mention poetry & essays to deepen my research), and after it was all over, here comes Jayber. So sad not to have had that one to really pull things together in a grand way. But I'm just glad to have had Wendell B. as the other man in my life for those years devoted to reading & research.
What a joy to read your reflections on how a community should work. You and Stamford a fortunate to have each other! --CCPerkins
Thank you, James, for a beautiful essay. It kind of hurt my heart when "Jayber Crow" was published the very year after I had submitted my dissertation to the UTD Humanities Dept., entitled "Living Responsibly in Community: Wendell Berry's Port William Fiction." I read every novel and collection of short stories available at the time (not to mention poetry & essays to deepen my research), and after it was all over, here comes Jayber. So sad not to have had that one to really pull things together in a grand way. But I'm just glad to have had Wendell B. as the other man in my life for those years devoted to reading & research.
What a joy to read your reflections on how a community should work. You and Stamford a fortunate to have each other! --CCPerkins