{"product_id":"the-wild-birds-six-stories-of-the-port-william-membership-9781640092105","title":"The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership\u003c\/i\u003e. Those stories include \"Thicker Than Liquor\", \"Where Did They Go?\", \"It Wasn't Me\", \"The Boundary\", \"That Distant Land\", and the titular \"The Wild Birds.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning more than three decades, from 1930 to 1967, these wonderful stories follow Wheeler Catlett, and reintroduce readers to the beloved people who live in Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642038194450,"sku":"9781640092105","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6eff4ebc-e64e-49fc-b12d-168748bd4ada.jpg?v=1733053323","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wild-birds-six-stories-of-the-port-william-membership-9781640092105","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}