The Writing Life

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Author: Annie Dillard

Memoirs, Creative writing & creative writing guides

Published on 15 January 2026 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

How do you prepare yourself, all alone, to enter an extraordinary state on an ordinary morning? In The Writing Life, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard offers up her own trials in the pursuit of inspiration.