![]() ![]() She was born in Pittsburgh, into “a house full of comedians.” Her mother was delightful and defiant. How could a mind contain such multitudes? Pilgrim is not only the wisdom of my 28 years but I think it's the wisdom of my whole life.” Yet she grew into “the writing life,” tapping her inquisitive soul to write essays, novels, poetry, a memoir of childhood, even a book about writing. And when A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek came out in 1974, American letters had found the “true heir” to Thoreau.Īnnie Dillard worried that she had "shot my lifetime wad. No body of water since Walden Pond had enjoyed such a loyal bard. ![]() ![]() “I explore the neighborhood.“ She spent two years along the creek, wandering, studying, jotting thoughts. She called herself “a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.” “I am no scientist,” she wrote. Then in 1971, a young woman from nearby Roanoke began dropping by. TINKER CREEK, VA - The creek flowed for millions of years but the world beyond its banks was too busy to notice. ![]()
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