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Building for the Future: Wendell Berry’s Poem 'A Vision'
- Culture, Featured, Literature
- September 13, 2024
Throughout time and place, people have understood themselves and the world around them through stories that have meaning beyond the events described in the narrative itself. From Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Aeneas, and Hercules, to Sinbad, King Arthur, and Thor, heroes have served an important role in embodying cultural ideals, and no figure better embodies American mythology
READ MOREI sit down on a plush, blue-grey booth seat and admire the freshly cut daisies on the table in front of me. It’s a rainy day in Fort Wayne, Indiana, so the warmth of the spicy crispy chicken sandwich I prepare to sink my teeth into enlivens me. Unthinkingly, I tune in to a conversation
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