Wendell Foster Berry, son of Joseph Foster Berry and Iola Cook Berry, was born April 13, 1937, near Pattonsburg, Missouri, lived on and farmed his family land outside Fairport, Missouri, for over 50 ...

Although these psalm-like verses were written on the Sabbath, they are also songs in praise of the six days of labor that precede it. A poet, novelist and essayist, Berry is first and foremost a small ...