Wendell Berry lecture live-streamed tonight

Kentucky farmer, writer outspoken critic of our abuse of the land and KFTC member Wendell Berry will deliver the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities tonight. In the lecture, "It All Turns on Affection," Berry will discuss humankind's interaction with nature, as depicted in history, philosophy, and literature.

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. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. EDT at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

"Wendell Berry is an American treasure whose prose and poetry have - with subtlety, intelligence, and conviction - helped open our eyes to the importance of respecting and living with nature," said NEH Chair Jim Leach.

The lecture will be live-streamed here.