09/03/2026
RIP Wendell, along with Dolly and Gloria Steinem. I did not know that he wrote by hand, refusing to use electric light because it came from strip-mined coal. That he could have existed in this age is wondrous. His novel, Jayber Crow, spoke deeply to me when I read it a decade ago.
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.