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She copied long passages into her journal, and many excerpts appear in her book -- not only from Thoreau, Fabre, Darwin and so on, but from novelists, artists.
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Annie Dillard's book contains many excerpts from authors such as Thoreau, Fabre, and Darwin.
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- Eudora Welty
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{ "publication": "The New York Times", "reviewed_author": "Annie Dillard", "referenced_authors": [ "Thoreau", "Fabre", "Darwin" ] } - Subject Tags
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https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/28/specials/dillard-tinker.html
Eudora Welty reviews Annie Dillard's 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,' a book described as a 'meditation on seeing.' Welty praises Dillard's sense of wonder and vivid descriptions of nature, but questions the book's overall coherence and Dillard's self-contained perspective.
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