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# What Are People For?: Essays

**Brand:** wendell berry
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- **What is this?** What Are People For?: Essays by wendell berry
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## Customer Reviews

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    Boring
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2021*

Some friends had recommended Wendell Berry. I probably should have started with a novel instead of this collection of long rambling essays.

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    Why Won't We Listen to America's Great Voice of Reason?
  

*by G***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2016*

I’ve read many of Wendell Berry’s books, however, I always avoided What Are People For. The main reason for my resistance was because these were the writings for which he was “known.” Also, I had heard that the essays were depressing in that they would make a person feel guilty for what they had not done in life to resist the evils of the world.After finishing the book yesterday, I can speak to both of these points in this review.First, those that came to know Mr. Berry through these essays were indeed blessed, and after reading the collection, it is easy to see why people have been drawn to this work. So, my hipster fears of “I knew Berry before others,” are unfounded, and I’m sorry that I waited so long to read this collection.As far as the mood evoked by these essays, while I did feel like a horrible human being at some moments, I found that overall the writing was both though-provoking and hopeful.Read the rest of my review at:https://readingwritingreacting.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/book-review-what-are-people-for-by-wendell-berry/

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    Essential Reading!
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 15, 2014*

Wendell Berry is a national treasure. His contributions are monumental. This collection of essays is especially worthy of reading again and again – insightful brilliance throughout!  I especially enjoyed his essay about Ed Abbey (who we lost 25 years ago today) and the piece entitled “Nature as Measure.” There is no better indictment of industrial agriculture and the cultural mindset which seeks only profit.Only Berry could say this: “There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands.”  And that was 1989!If you’re a fan of Wendell Berry you know and you nod in agreement.  Now, can we spread the word? Berry’s wisdom, which is rooted in the land and his experience working the land, is critical for retaking the moral and political high ground from the corporate destroyers of the land.  People are becoming aware and are willing to speak out.  Can this tip the balance favorably?We couldn’t do it without Wendell Berry!Kyle Gardner, author, Momentary Threshold

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