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Writer Wendell Berry on the "Colonization" of the Countryside

The poet, essayist and fiction writer's new book is "Fidelity," a collection of stories about birth, life, death and nature in a small Kentucky town. He's worked as both a college professor and a farmer. Berry is concerned with the widespread development of undeveloped lands.

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Other segments from the episode on December 7, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 7, 1992: Interview with Barry Bluestone and Irving Bluestone; Interview with Wendell Berry; Review of the television show "Buy Me That 3!"

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