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Annie Dillard

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On Books & Writing

"It is the birthday of Annie Dillard..."

I'm grateful to Garrison Keillor for reminding all of us that... It's the birthday of Annie (Doak) Dillard, (books by this author) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1945). After writing a master's thesis on Thoreau's Walden, she moved to a cabin along Tinker
30 Apr 2008 1 min read
On Books & Writing

Marilynne Robinson reviews Annie Dillard's latest

Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead and Housekeeping, reviews The Maytrees: "The Maytrees" is about wonder — in the terms of this novel, life's one truth. It is wonder indeed that is invoked here, vast and elusive and inexhaustible and intimate and timeless. There is a resolute this-worldliness
03 Jul 2007
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