Citizenship Papers
I think a lot of you will find a kinship with Kentucky author Wendell Berry. His fiction is passionate, as evidenced by his current Hannah Coulter, but I've recently had a chance to read some of his essays in Citizenship Papers.
Here's a sample:
It is understandable that we should have reacted to the attacks of September 11, 2001 by curtailment of civl rights, by defiance of laws, and by resort to overwhelming force, for those actions are the ready products of fear and hasty thought. But they cannot protect us against the destruction of our own land by ourselves. They cannot protect us against the selfishness, wastefulness, and greed that we have legitimized here as economic virtues, have taught to the world.
This collection of essays will take pride of place on my personal bookshelf and I encourage you to get a copy and read it yourself.
Here's a sample:
It is understandable that we should have reacted to the attacks of September 11, 2001 by curtailment of civl rights, by defiance of laws, and by resort to overwhelming force, for those actions are the ready products of fear and hasty thought. But they cannot protect us against the destruction of our own land by ourselves. They cannot protect us against the selfishness, wastefulness, and greed that we have legitimized here as economic virtues, have taught to the world.
This collection of essays will take pride of place on my personal bookshelf and I encourage you to get a copy and read it yourself.
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