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She is a member of the academy of arts and letters and has received fellowship grants from the john simon guggenheim foundation and the national endowment for the arts. From annie dillard, the pulitzer prizewinning author of pilgrim at tinker creek and one of the most compelling writers of our time, comes. An american childhood audiobook, written by annie dillard. Annie dillard books list of books by author annie dillard. A novel annie dillards second published novel swells with beautiful images, of the land, the sea and the constellations, writes alan cheuse. Notable awards, pulitzer prize for general nonfiction 1975 pilgrim at tinker creek. A portion of this work has previously appeared, in different form, in harpers magazinet. Annie dillard can stalk muskrats in the creek and think about wave mechanics.
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