Annie Dillard

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ListAug 25, 2025

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@katilina222Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.

ReviewMay 10, 2025

Ichneumonoid Wasps and Maieusis

A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a nice piece of nature writing that is more immanent than transcendentalist in its sentiment; a work more in line with Heraclitus and Dogen than Plato, Emerson, or Thoreau. Dillard strives to appreciate the beauty in the brutality…

@pharmakosPilgrim at Tinker Creek.

ListDec 5, 2024

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@emilyPilgrim at Tinker Creek.

ReviewSep 18, 2024

Utterly Immersive Generational Saga

I spent the entirety of April '24 reading Annie Dillard’s The Living. Dense but infinitely rewarding, The Living is a treat in every sense of the word. Dillard, for me, isn’t just an author. She is a teller of rich and vivid stories, an acute capturer of huma…

@annaThe living

QuoteSep 4, 2024

Annie Dillard

Lick a finger: feel the now.

@gratefulkentPilgrim at Tinker Creek.

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Utterly Immersive Generational Saga

Annie Dillard

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Around the salon

philosophy tbr

Ichneumonoid Wasps and Maieusis

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Utterly Immersive Generational Saga

Annie Dillard