Tag: Annie Dillard

Memoir as Medicine: Recommended Recollections for Summer Reading

~ Peggy Haslar

I love book lists.  On the other hand, I don't. I love them because I'm always looking for my next read, but lists of "must-reads" can also bring me down. There's never enough time to read everything I want to; I'm still missing out on the "essential reads" of a lifetime and I don't want … Continue reading Memoir as Medicine: Recommended Recollections for Summer Reading

Annie Dillard: Silence and Speaking Stones

~ Peggy Haslar ~ 1 Comment

Annie Dillard has long been one of my very favorite writers, with Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood among my most beloved books. Dillard leaves me alive and awake, grateful for each feather that falls beneath my back-yard juniper, for the sunrise glow illuminated through spring-snow icicles on the crab apple branches.  For … Continue reading Annie Dillard: Silence and Speaking Stones