Verlyn Klinkenborg is a member of the editorial board of TheNew York Times, to which he also contributes meditations about his farm in upstate New York, collected in The Rural Life. His other books include Making Hay,The Last Fine Time, and Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile. Klinkenborg has a Ph.D. in English literature from Princeton University.
Verlyn Klinkenborg is a member of the editorial board of TheNew York Times, to which he also contributes meditations about his farm in upstate New York, collected in The Rural Life. His other books include Making Hay,The Last Fine Time, and Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile. Klinkenborg has a Ph.D. in English literature from Princeton University.
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