Author and activist Wendell Berry died in Henry County, Kentucky, on Monday. He was 92.
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Journalists:Kentucky Lanternbsky, WKYTbsky
- Kentucky Lantern“Kentucky has lost a giant Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- WKYT“Author and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House is remembering famed Kentucky writer and activist Wendell Berry. Berry died on Monday at the age of 92: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/01/famed-kentucky-writer-activist-wendell-berry-dies-92/”
Community:WUKYbsky, ProfKakiebsky, Linda Blackfordbsky, Tom Murphybsky, Thijs Kuikenbsky, Prof Phoebe Barnardbsky and 25 more
- WUKY“Wendell Berry, the acclaimed Kentucky writer, farmer, and activist known for pressing for responsible use of the land, died at his home in Port Royal on Monday.”
- ProfKakie“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Linda Blackford“kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/01/k...”
- Tom Murphy“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92”
- Thijs Kuiken“De schrijver, dichter, boer en activist Wendell Berry is overleden. Moge zijn gedachtegoed nog lang invloed hebben over hoe de mens met de medemens en met de Aarde omgaat. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Prof Phoebe Barnard““Rural America is a colony…its economy is a colonial economy. The business of America has been largely without apology the plundering of rural America,” …/2 A 4-part 🧵 honoring the late Kentucky writer, activist, and philosopher -poet #WendellBerry. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- @rowwan.bsky.social“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- @jb-digriz.bsky.social““I was taught that taking care of land was one of the primary human responsibilities,” the Kernel quoted Berry as saying. “In the long run, the top soil, the forests and the woodland of this state will be more valuable than the coal deposits.” kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Cory Allen Heidelberger“Wendell Berry, Great Rural American Thinker, Dies at 92 Poet, essayist, novelist, farmer, and philosopher Wendell Berry died yesterday at 92. With his death, America loses one of its deepest, most deliberate thinkers, a rural American who spoke for rural America more clearly, honestly,…”
- Leah Smith“Dolly and Wendell in one week is too much, y'all. 😭 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Mureall Hebert“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- ravencalling“Sad to see this. A good man. His wise line in a book of poetry, "The Country of Marrige" has kept our long marriage good; we've stayed "faithful to the best of each other." Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Hannah of Bluesky (Justafan18twitter)““I was taught that taking care of land was one of the primary human responsibilities,” the Kernel quoted Berry as saying. “In the long run, the top soil, the #forests and the #woodland of this state will be more valuable than the #coal deposits.” kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Imp“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Tess Collins🦋“Of the Fab Four, Gurney Norman, James Baker Hall, and Ed McClanahan, Wendell was the only one I was not able to study under when I was at UK. I shall always regret that Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Rainesford Stauffer“A great read by @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social of @kentuckylantern.com: "He leaves behind a sprawling legacy of advocacy, conservationism, literary pursuit and protest that inspired people from the hills of Kentucky to Hollywood and beyond."”
- Drake Mallard 🦆🦆🪿““Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man’s life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death.””
- Cycling Historian 🚴♂️“This one hits a bit too hard... “Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told.” Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow (New York: Counterpoint, 2000), 29. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- jenna newman phd““Kentucky writer & conservationist Wendell Berry once wrote: ‘Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man’s life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death’.” kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- @patrickmartin222.bsky.social“Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- @ibis05.bsky.social“kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- @ggpsbdpmm.bsky.social“kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)““Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man’s life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death.” — Wendell Berry”
- Janet“We seem to be losing a lot of decent people who fight for the planet and its people. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Momma C Rene'“Rest in Peace amazing human. 🖤https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/kentucky-writer-farmer-and-advocate-wendell-berry-dies-at-92/”
- Mark Sumner 🌒“At 92, you might argue that it was time. You’re wrong.”
- Kyla Houbolt“kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k... Strong heart, massive integrity, great writer -- journey well!”
- 42four“Though it was only a few decades ago, the time I first found Berry’s writing feels like it must have happened on another world entirely. We are lucky to have his voice still: an eloquent, sharp foil to the madnesses that daily line up at our door. RIP. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Charles S. Freeman“This will hit a lot of people I know. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
- Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale)“I have had such a complicated relationship with Berry’s writing across my life. But to still be talking to him in my head for all these years, there was clearly something I recognised and which spoke to me deeply. RIP #booksky 💙📚”
- The Progressive South“Rest in peace to the great Wendell Berry. kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...”
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