Posts Tagged: Annie Dillard

June 23, 2011

Summer Reading List

Summer Reading List

It’s no secret that we Algonkians are voracious readers. This summer, we’re excited to dive into a wide variety of books, from the eclectic (The Decameron, Emily Post’s Etiquette, Yakuza Moon) to …

June 8, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>An American Childhood</i> by Annie Dillard

What We’re Reading: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

I was recently re-reading Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood, some 15 years after initially reading it, and was appropriately awe-struck page after page. Dillard is one of the most brilliant writers of …