The Pilgrimage of Annie Dillard

Illustration by Ryan McQuade / Sojourners

Annie Dillard, one of the greatest American writers, considered her own first book on writing a failure. At least, she called it “dull” and told an interviewer that she “never should have published it.”

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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