Annie Dillard Gave It All
Culture Index
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Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
9/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Following this week's news that the brilliant writer Annie Dillard has died at age 81, some Defector staffers wrote about what her work and example have meant to them. Much is made of Dillard’s genius, her wizardry with language, her talent . But the Dillardism that has stuck with me strongest over the years comes from Alexander Chee's essay "The Writing Life," in which he describes taking an unde
