Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81

New York Times - Sep 16, 2026

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

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