Books by Annie Dillard

Presents a memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

Annie Dillard -- "one of the most distinctive voices in American letters today" (Boston Globe) -- collects her favorite selections from her own writings in this compact volume. A perfect introduction to one of America's most acclaimed and bestselling authors.

Compiles the best literary essays of the year originally published in American periodicals.

The author describes her experiences as part of a group of American writers meeting with Chinese authors in China and the United States.

On the 25th anniversary of her acclaimed "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" Dillard presents a compassionate, informative, enthralling, and always surprising personal narrative that surveys the panorama of our world, past and present.

A beautifully illustrated, inspirational book for aspiring writers that encourages creativity, teaches fearlessness in approaching new ideas, and provides advice for overcoming milestones and breaking writer's block.

Essays on nature from the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Twenty-five arresting selections from the groundbreaking journal that defined a genre.
Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Lee Gutkind collects twenty-five essays that flourished on this new ground, all originally published in the journal he founded, Creative Nonfiction, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Lauren Slater is a therapist in the institution where she was once a patient. John Edgar Wideman reacts passionately to the unjust murder of Emmett Till. Charles Simic tells of wild nights with Uncle Boris. John McPhee creates a rare, personal, album quilt. Terry Tempest Williams speaks on the decline of the prairie dog. Madison Smartt Bell invades Haiti. Many of the writers are crossing genres—from poetry and fiction to nonfiction—symbolic of Creative Nonfiction's scope and popularity.
A cross section of the famous and those bound to become so, this collection is a riveting experience highlighting the expanding importance of this dramatic and exciting new genre.

The contributions of thirty-five important contemporary authors--including Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Garrison Keillor--highlight a superlative anthology that documents America's firm ties to its rural roots.

This best-selling historical epic by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dillard--her first novel--takes place in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the 19th century.

The author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek on contemporary writers who "matter," from Calvino to Marquez. "Stimulating."--New York Times Book Review

Sharing a simple life with his wife and young son in the post-war artist community of his childhood, free-thinking poet Toby Maytree is aided with child-care responsibilities by close friend Deary, who years later comes between Toby and his wife. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

Compiled by Annie Dillard and publisher Cort Conley, this astonishing collection of excerpts drawn from extraordinary 20th century American memoirs delights, surprises, and enriches.

In Mornings Like This, Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from old--and often odd--books, and composes ironic poems--some serious, some light--on the heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. Clever, original, sometimes humorous, and often profound, this collection is sure to charm her fans, both old and new.

The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer shares her sharply observed, keenly felt encounters with the natural world--in landscapes of Eastern woods and farmlands, the Pacific Northwest coast, and tropical islands and rivers.

A stunning poetry collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of whom The New Yorker said, "She has the ability to write with enduring grace." The Boston Globe called her "one of the most distinctive voices in American letters today."

Dillard's first book is a volume of poetry that expresses her yearning for a hidden God.

A best-selling, Pulizer Prize-winning author looks at her craft and, in a series of illuminating metaphors and anecdotes, paints a picture of a demanding, unpredictable, and sometimes absurd existence.