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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By MLJ
on May 8, 2012

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1975 and it’s no mystery why they keep re-issuing it. It’s fabulous! I’m just sorry it’s taken me so long to getting around to feasting on its delights. Dillard spends a year chronicling what she observes each day in the hills of Virginia.

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What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
By MLJ
on May 8, 2012

What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

“Where We Must Be” is the standout story of this impressive debut collection. The narrator, Jean, is a struggling actor who dresses up as Bigfoot — scaring paid visitors to a North Carolina nature park. Her boyfriend and neighbour, Jimmy, has given up being a postman after a fatal spot was found on his lungs.

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