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-- Eudora Welty, New York Times Book Review

"The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. A reader's heart must go out to a young writer with a sense of wonder so fearless and unbridled...There is an ambition about her book that I like...It is the ambition to feel." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a series of interconnected essays which challenge the listener to contemplate the natural world beyond its commonplace surfaces. Cassidy's lively, youthful voice is perfect for Dillard's beautiful alliterative phrasing, glorious imagery, and inspired themes. Cassidy's interpretation shimmers with the meanings of this energetic, Thoreauvian ramble through Nature's seasons and secrets. Coming across a cedar tree one day, Dillard sees "the tree with the lights in it," a spiritual phenomenon emblematic of her uncanny way of knowing what is real and true about a universe designed by "a maniac." Cassidy brilliantly conveys Dillard the seer interacting with the grotesque majesties of the scene. This production is a delight. P.W. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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I USED TO HAVE a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sycamore log bridge, tree with the lights, quarry pond, maple key, giant water bug, rock barnacles, wave breast, egg cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tinker Creek, Tinker Mountain, Edwin Way Teale, Carvin's Creek, New York, Shadow Creek,