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Teaching a Stone to Talk
Teaching a Stone to Talk | Annie Dillard
Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.
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BarbaraJean
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Mehso-so

I picked up this collection of essays by Annie Dillard because it contains “God in the Doorway,” which I absolutely love. Overall, the collection was a little hit or miss for me, though. I enjoy Dillard‘s quiet and meditative style, but often wanted a little more… something… from each essay.

This is my November #BookSpin complete (and possibly the only nonfiction I‘ve managed for #NonfictionNovember unless poetry counts😆)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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LinesUponAPage
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#TIL:The Franklin expedition an Arctic Exploration in 1845 “Instead of additional coal according to L.P. Kirwan, each ship (3) made room for a 1,200 volume-library, ‘a hand organ, playing fifty tunes‘, china place settings for officers and men, cut-glass wine goblets, and sterling silver flatware.” No Arctic clothes were packed, only their uniforms. Later, skeletal remains & the living men had the silver on them. WTH!Why waste your energy? #nfnov

Deifio However much I love books, this is just plain stupid! 😟 4y
LinesUponAPage @Deifio I guess history can be that way, right?? Some people think treasure is more important than lives. 4y
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egarst
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Michelle is fighting for space with some of my aspirational weekend reads...

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ReadingEnvy
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I'm ready! #totaleclipse

saresmoore I love this! Well played. 7y
MamaGina Perfect ... I heard SC is going to be inundated with people, Good Luck!!!🌙 7y
ReadingEnvy Yeah my husband works at Clemson and they've asked their employees to stay home if possible!! My workplace is having a huge eclipse party so I'll probably stay for it because I have to meet with my new advisees earlier in the day. It's going to be crazy hot and packed with people. 7y
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Blueberry You must live near my sister. She's in Easley. Works in Greenville, I think. 7y
ReadingEnvy @Blueberry ah cool, I'm a librarian at Furman in Greenville. 7y
Blueberry She teaches some night classes in counseling at Furman :) Small world. 7y
ReadingEnvy @Blueberry wow!! Well if she ever has a library question she should email me. :) 7y
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BookishMarginalia
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I received my very own solar eclipse kit from @ReadingEnvy - I'm all set for Aug 21! Thank you so much, Jenny! 💜💜💜 #LitsyPenPals

saresmoore How fun! 7y
mcipher My husband ❤️s Annie Dillard, but I've never read any of her stuff. (edited) 7y
GatheringBooks absolutely enjoyed dillard's the abundance and looking forward to finding more of her books, thus, i'm stacking this one 7y
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Karkar Oh moon pies. Yummo 7y
ReadingEnvy @mcipher do a Google search for her eclipse essay, it is a stunner!!! 7y
ReadingEnvy Hey we got a notice today that those eclipse glasses don't in fact meet the NASA standards so please don't use them! Sorry about that. 7y
BookishMarginalia @ReadingEnvy No problem! I think the science department is having us make some with the kids! 7y
Gissy Where I can get one? I will be at home that day 🤗 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Annie Dillard leaves me breathless.

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Mercourier
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The only sentence I truly understood so far, "Cartographers call blank spaces on a map "sleeping beauties.""

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