That distant land

Matt was on the show to talk about an album that he had created called A Hard History of Love.

That was an album that was inspired by five short stories and the Wendell Berry's collection, That Distant Land.

And in that episode, which we'll link to in the show notes, Matt and I talked about the process of writing songs inspired by great literature, about some of our favorite Port William characters.

and what membership looks like in Matt's life.

Like I hadn't really seriously considered it until then.

And he's like, well, what about, what about that one short story collection? And he couldn't remember the name, but we looked it up.

It was that distant land, you know, 23 different stories.

He's like, you just pick,