{"product_id":"the-wild-birds-six-stories-of-the-port-william-membership-paperback","title":"The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix masterful short stories that span three decades in the fictional town of Port William, Kentucky, revealing the deep humanity and interconnected lives of its unforgettable characters through the eyes of Wheeler Catlett\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership\u003c\/i\u003e. Those stories include \"Thicker Than Liquor\", \"Where Did They Go?\", \"It Wasn't Me\", \"The Boundary\", \"That Distant Land\", and the titular \"The Wild Birds.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning more than three decades, from 1930 to 1967, these wonderful stories follow Wheeler Catlett, and reintroduce readers to the beloved people who live in Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWENDELL BERRY\u003c\/b\u003e, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53653526741299,"sku":"9781640092105","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/GbjVd1XgsK9781640092105.webp?v=1783997227","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-wild-birds-six-stories-of-the-port-william-membership-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}