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For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian
Wendell Berry, the influential Kentucky author who died this week at 92, inspired many with his deep spiritual vision and his commitment to nature.
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What happenedFor Kentucky author Wendell Berry, the environmental situation he lamented to such great effect in his essays, poetry and fiction was also a human situation — a deeply spiritual one.
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Left / center-leftFor many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian
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For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian
For Kentucky author Wendell Berry, the environmental crisis he lamented to such great effect in his essays, poetry and fiction was also a human crisis — a deeply spiritual one.
