Episode 1: The Membership Returns
Episode 2: Interview with Matt Wheeler
Episode 3 (Fiction)
Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World, by Wendell Berry
More reading for Season 3*
Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (Bookshop.org | Amazon | The Berry Center)
The Country of Marriage, by Wendell Berry (Bookshop.org | Amazon | The Berry Center)
The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice, by Wendell Berry (Bookshop.org | Amazon | The Berry Center)
Short Stories (Bookshop.org | Amazon | The Berry Center):
“Down in the Valley Where the Green Grass Grows” (1930)
“Thicker than Liquor” (1930)
“Nearly to the Fair” (1932)
“Burley Coulter’s Fortunate Fall” (1934)
“The Solemn Boy” (1934)
*This is the general order in which we’ll be reading and discussing. We haven’t designated them as episodes yet because we will be publishing interviews too, and because at least one book — The Need to Be Whole — will probably be discussed across multiple episodes.
SEASON 3
Episode 1 (Nonfiction)
The Hidden Wound, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 2: Interview with David & Mike Kline
Episode 3 (Fiction)
“A Half-Pint of Old Darling” and “The Lost Bet”
Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War to World War II, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Library of America)
Episode 4 (Poetry)
Farming: A Hand Book, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon) (Poetry)
Episode 5 (Fiction)
Nathan Coulter: A Novel, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon)
SEASON 2
Season 1
Episode 0 Live at Hutchmoot, with special guest Allen Levi
Episode 1 (Fiction: Short Stories)
“Girl in the Window” from A Place in Time (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
“The Hurt Man” from That Distant Land, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
[or} Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War to World War II (IndieBound | Amazon | Library of America)
Episode 2 (Essays)
The Long-Legged House (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 3 (Poetry)
The Broken Ground from New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 4 The Berry Center: An Interview with Mary Berry and Dr. Leah Bayens
Episode 5 (Fiction: Short Stories)
“Fly Away, Breath” from A Place in Time (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
“A Consent” from That Distant Land, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
[or] Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War to World War II (IndieBound | Amazon | Library of America)
Episode 6 Interview with Charlie Peacock (4x Grammy Award-Winning Record Producer)
Episode 7 (Fiction: Short Stories)
“Pray Without Ceasing” from That Distant Land, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
[or] Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War to World War II (IndieBound | Amazon | Library of America)
Episode 8 (Poetry)
Findings from New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 9 (Poetry)
Openings from New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 10 Interview with Laura Dunn
Episode 11 (Fiction)
“Watch with Me,” from That Distant Land, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)
Episode 12 Reflections on Season One