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Annie Dillard

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Anne Dillard, now a middle-aged woman, recalls her childhood, from the time she was five all the way through high school. Over these years, she provides her own childhood as a model for happiness in adulthood. Adult needs not leave behind the spirit that causes children to stand in perpetual awe of the world; rather, to be truly happy, one must resist the world's attempt to stamp that spirit out.

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An American Childhood

4,093 words, approx. 14 pages

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Born Meta Ann Doak in Pittsburgh in 1945 to well-to-do parents, Annie Dillard grew to become America's most famous theologian of nature, a well-known essayist... Read more

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Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard has carved a unique niche for herself in the world of American letters. Over the course of her career, Dillard has written essays, a memoir, poetry, literary criticism, and even a wester... Read more

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard, a contemporary nature writer of major significance, combines the study of nature with readings in theology, philosophy, and the sciences. Dillard writes primarily narrative nonfiction e... Read more

Annie Dillard

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Poet, essayist, and novelist Annie Dillard entered the 1974 literary scene with a book of poems called Tickets for a Prayer Wheel and a Thoreauvian natural history titled Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The ... Read more

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard--the eldest of three daughters of Frank and Pam Doak--grew up in a world of country clubs, debutante parties, and private girls' schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father was an ex... Read more

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