Photo by Phyllis Rose | 17,988 (39,377) | 778 | 1,046 | (4.18) | 119 | 0 | Annie Dillard was born Annie Doak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 30, 1945. She received a B.A and an M.A. in English from Hollins College. She writes both fiction and nonfiction books including Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Holy the Firm, Teaching a Stone to Talk, The Living, and Mornings Like This: Found Poems. She won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She wrote an autobiography entitled An American Childhood. Her work also has appeared in such periodicals as The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and Cosmopolitan. She taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Der freie Fall der Spottdrossel … (mehr) |
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Annie Dillard hat 9 vergangene Veranstaltungen. (show)  Matt de la Peña: The Living (Burlington) Join Matt de la Peña for a discussion of his new young adult book, The Living. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Matt de la Peña is the author of six critically-acclaimed young adult novels (including Mexican WhiteBoy, The Living and The Hunted) and two award-winning picture books (A Nations Hope and Last Stop on Market Street). Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. de la Peña currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his family. He teaches creative writing and visits high schools and colleges throughout the country. Visit him at MattDeLaPena.com and follow @mattdelapena on Twitter.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Shy takes the summer job to make some money. A few months on a luxury cruise liner—how bad can it be? Bikinis, free food, maybe even a girl or two…every cruise has a fresh crop of passengers, after all. He’ll rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. But then, an earthquake more massive than any ever recorded hits California and Shy’s life is changed forever. The earthquake is only the beginning. Twenty-four hours and a catastrophic chain of events later, Shy is lost at sea, fighting to survive—and stuck with her. She’s blond and she’s rich, and never in her life would she have dreamed she’d be adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by death and completely dependent on a guy like Shy. And Shy hasn’t even faced the worst yet.
“The Living is special because of its extraordinary protagonist, Shy, who I haven’t been able to shake from my mind in the weeks since I read the book.” -John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars
"There’s no way to classify The Living. It’s everything I love mixed into one fantastic, relentless, action-packed story. As always with Matt, the characters are the best part. So real. I loved this book.” -James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series
“An addictive page-turner and character-driven literary novel with broad appeal for fans of both.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred (phoenixbooksvt)… (mehr)
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 Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium, Keynote
 Oakland - The Diesel Readers discuss "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Diesel Readers back to the store to discuss Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard on Monday, May 13th at 7pm. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. In it, Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see; what she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."
"Dillard is stalking the reader as surely as any predator stalks its game... A remarkable psalm of terror and celebration." - Melvin Maddocks, Time
This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)
Adult Book Discussion: "The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
Adult Book Club: "The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
Adult Book Discussion: "The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
Adult Book Club: "The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
Adult Book Discussion: "The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard Chicago Public Library spricht über The Maytrees: A Novel.Come join us for a lively literary discussion of the book The Maytrees by Annie Dillard. The Adult Book Club meets in the Uptown Branch Community Room and copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk. (bookjones)
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