Dillard

"We’re all in this wretched business together."

-- Annie Dillard, in an interview with Malcolm Lawrence in 1982

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Just a quip before bed, in tribute. The world needs more people like Annie Dillard, American literature needs more writers like her, and colleges need more students and professors like her. The meek shall inherit the earth, and sometimes, they will have the gift of words, too: Humans willing to write.

Churches could use more believers like her, too: Believers willing to see.

A few links of note: Lunch, ambivalence, and a soccer mom. A slow, pedantic read of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is worth the extra time, too: Readers willing to read.

Also, her introduction to her website is among the best I've seen: http://www.anniedillard.com/.