It's funny. Even the internet doesn't know how many books Wendell Berry has written. "More than 80" is the best it can do. Because of re-issues, early chapbooks, collaborative projects and repackaged editions, the total count is as unclassifiable as the man himself. But it's a lot. So much in fact, that new or casual readers may find it difficult to digest what he's all about. Being neither, I'm happy to share one key to reading Wendell. It's about the words. Not all th

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