Although Wendell Berry is often thought of as Appalachian, he comes from western Kentucky. He has written about Appalachia, however, and his importance to the region is great.
Berry was born in 1934 in Henry County in western Kentucky. He earned degrees in English at the University of Kentucky and studied creative writing with Wallace Stegner at Stanford University. After teaching at New York University’s Bronx campus, he moved back to Kentucky with his wife and children, and in 1965 began farming in Henry County. For many years he taught creative writing at the University of Kentucky....
All the Wild that Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West