The Art of Loading Brush

"In Berry’s new book, The Art of Loading Brush , he is a frustrated advocate, speaking out against local wastefulness and distant idealism; he is a gentle friend, asserting, as he always has, the hope possible in caring for the world, and your specific place in it . . . The Art of Loading Brush is singular in Berry’s corpus."— The Paris Review "[Berry] has never written better." — Booklist (starred review) Wendell Berry’s profound critique of American culture has entered its sixth decade, and in