Wendell E. Berry, noted poet, essayist, novelist, farmer, and conservationist, will deliver the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The annual lecture, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. “Wendell Berry is an American treasure whose prose … Continue reading NEH Names Wendell E. Berry to Deliver 2012 Jefferson Lecture