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Wendell Berry and the Promise of the Deep Life

from Cal Newport [alt+shift+b] in AI

Wendell Berry died last week at 92 at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, where he farmed his land using traditional techniques and wrote with ... Read more The post Wendell Berry and the Promise of the Deep Life appeared first on Cal Newport.
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