Arguably our most important environmental writer, Berry epitomizes the best from conservative and radical traditions. Berry has written with uncommon wisdom and grace on a wide range of issues that should matter to all citizens. His principled, prophetic witness challenges us to address the unacknowledged and interconnected forms of violence against our land and ecology, our fellow citizens and communities, our nation, and our increasingly beleaguered planet. Berry suggests the kinds of changes in our thinking, lives, and polity required to begin atoning for these offenses and what we can all do to heal our self-inflicted and often lethal wounds.