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Literary giant Wendell Berry talks about preserving community and hope in a divided world

By Alan Lytle
Published September 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM EDT
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In this March 10, 2011 photo, author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky. For his career of writings about the need to live in harmony with the Earth, the 79-year-old Kentucky author has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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In this March 10, 2011 photo, author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky. For his career of writings about the need to live in harmony with the Earth, the 79-year-old Kentucky author has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

In this episode of WUKY's Saving Stories, Nunn Center for Oral History Director Doug Boyd shares audio from previously unavailable interviews with Wendell Berry, who passed away recently at the age of 92. The excerpts were recorded originally in 1996 and come from a radio show called Down to Earth, a long form interview-based program by award-winning writer and producer D. Cameron Lawrence.

The Nunn Center has several interviews with Wendell Berry - some can be accessed below:

https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/search?query=Wendell+Berry&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search

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