For the Hog Killing, 1979

For the Hog Killing, 1979"The traditional neighborly work of killing a hog and preparing it as food for humans is either a fine art or a shameful mess. It requires knowledge, experience, skill, good sense, and sympathy," writes Wendell Berry in the essay portion of this book. In November 1979 as in years before, neighborly families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing. Tanya Berry had been given a camera by New Farm magazine to photograph

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This issue features those who have long been involved in the Hindman writing community and those who are brand new

and Erik Reece draws from Greek lore

including the O

and holiness

and his American walking companion Henry David Thoreau

Five-Hundred-Year Rains

human struggle

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Clark to the Forks of Troublesome to teach creative writing to the first gathering of about twenty students