Stalk the Gaps

The writer Annie Dillard, known for her visionary prose and explorations of faith, has died.

Dillard was a Pulitzer Prize winning author best known for her essay collection Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. While some critics identified her as a novelist, her work primarily functioned as naturalist writing focused on the natural world. Her prose often integrated spiritual themes, drawing on the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Martin Buber, and Jacques Ellul.

Her literary style frequently incorporated biblical elements, such as reimagining scenes of miracles and healings from the Gospels. Devine notes that Dillard viewed the act of seeing as a lifelong struggle similar to the discipline found in the literature of saints and monks.