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Discuss Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard with fellow nonfiction readers in our STEAM Lab.
Join other readers to discuss fascinating topics aided by explorative writing in this nonfiction book club that covers everything from popular science to true crime to psychology and more. Grab a copy at Southwest Library or place a hold on this month's book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Also available as an ebook.
Please note: This session will take place in our STEAM Lab on the second floor.
About the book
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's exploration on foot in the author's own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope. She unties a snake skin, witnesses a flood, and plays 'King of the Meadow' with a field of grasshoppers.
