<DIV>In <I>New Collected Poems</I>, the poet revisits for the first time his immensely popular Collected Poems, which <I>The New York Times Book Review</I> described as ?a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament and family life” that ?affirms a style that is resonant with the authentic,” and ?[returns] American poetry to a Wordsworthian clarity of purpose.”<br><BR>In <I>New Collected Poems</I>, Berry reprints the nearly two hundred pieces in <I>Collected Poems</I>, along with the poems from his most recent collections?<I>Entries</I>, <I>Given</I>, and <I>Leavings</I>?to create an expanded collection, showcasing the work of a man heralded by <I>The Baltimore Sun</I> as ?a sophisticated, philosophical poet in the line descending from Emerson and Thoreau . . . a major poet of our time.”<BR><BR>Wendell Berry is the author of over fifty works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the T. S. Eliot Award, a National Institute of Arts and Letters award for writing, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jean Stein Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. While he began publishing work in the 1960s, <I>Booklist</I> has written that ?Berry has become ever more prophetic,” clearly standing up to the test of time.<BR></DIV>