A taste for the sublime is a greed like any other

[decemberthirty]

I wanted to love Teaching a Stone To Talk, Annie Dillard's collection of essays and occasional writing. I wanted to love it and be challenged by it, to wrestle with it, to be raised up by it and at the same time to be humbled by it as I had done when I read Pilgrim At Tinker Creek three years ago. The first piece in the book, an essay called "

Comments

[eglantine_br]

I read Pilgrim at Tinker creek when I was in my teens. In the 1970s. Is that even possible? I guess it is. Maybe should read it again.

[decemberthirty]

It certainly seems like the sort of book that could stand up to a second read. Perhaps it even demands one. I only read it a few years ago, but I'd certainly like to read it again sometime.

Do you mind if I ask how you found this post? I'm always curious when people I don't know drop by my journal.

[eglantine_br]

you turned up on my friends of friends. We probably have a friend in common!

[decemberthirty]

You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it. If you're looking for more Dillard, you might also want to try The Writing Life. That's my second favorite of hers, after Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.

[great_dame]

Hello - I know I've stated before, this is autumns_garden. I'm adding you under my personal blog cuz I tend to log in as myself more often ;)

[decemberthirty]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll add you under this name too. :)