Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Resources

WEBSITES

Annie Dillard's Official Site

First things first: Here's what the author has to say about herself.

Goodreads Reader Reviews

Want to know what real-life, non-literary critics think about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek? Find out here.

Welty Critiques Dillard

Author Eudora Welty wrote the New York Times review of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in 1974. Fancy.

ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

Yale Herald Interview

Dillard's straight talk on being an English major and writing a book. Straight talk is kind of Dillard's bag.

Washington Post Interview

Dillard chats with interviewer Daniel Asa Rose from her cabin in the woods—and their conversation starts with a bang.

Pittsburgh Magazine Interview

Dillard is a Pittsburgh native. Here's what she has to say about her hometown and why she doesn't read American women writers.

VIDEO

And Now for a Little Karaoke

Annie Dillard. The illustrator who drew Babar. Karaoke. Seriously, we're at a loss for words—just click.

Hollins Theatre Production

The theatre department at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia adapted Pilgrim at Tinker Creek for the stage. Check out a few scenes here.

AUDIO

NPR Interview

Dillard talks to Scott Simon about her novel The Maytrees and reads an excerpt.

Tsunami Commentary: Dots in Blue Water

Dillard shares her thoughts on the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, calling for human remembrance instead of faceless numbers.

IMAGES

Dillard Then

Here's a photograph of Dillard in 1975, the year she won the Pulitzer…

Dillard Now

… and here's a photograph of her more recently

Tinker Creek in the Fog

We're looking for the tree with lights in it, too.