by Paul Jones | Sep 15, 2026 | Opinion
I was sitting at my desk with paint tubes, brushes, rags and books scattered around me. I was working on a painting inspired by a poem I had written after Wendell Berry died, when John Prine came across my playlist singing “Jesus: The Missing Years.” I worked...
by Jason Edwards | Sep 13, 2026 | Opinion
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on August 25. Six days later, Wendell Berry died in his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. Parton spent most of her adult life under stage lights wearing wigs, acrylic nails, and rhinestones. Berry, on the other hand, could usually be found...
by Tyler Tankersley | Sep 1, 2026 | Opinion
I first encountered Wendell Berry while wrestling with my own call to ministry. A friend loaned me his worn copy of Jayber Crow. I don’t remember exactly what I expected when I opened it. I certainly didn’t expect a 20th-century Kentucky novelist to have much...
