tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post2426459110705600895..comments2024-03-14T02:24:22.876-07:00Comments on Essay Daily: Talk About the Essay: THE MALCONTENT on the Many Disappointments of Annie DillardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-84992201020098350852022-09-06T20:04:49.953-07:002022-09-06T20:04:49.953-07:00I agree with anonymous and disagree with sam and c...I agree with anonymous and disagree with sam and chila. kudos to the writer of the essay for taking a stab at the "exercise" of the malcontent assignment and drawing some interesting blood from annie dillard. i like SOME of dillard, some of her stuff is among the most moving literature ive ever read, when she talks about existential angst, humanity lost in the cosmos, that sort of thing. but i KNEW there was something about her i found annoying, and it was indeed the bird-brain she has, the tediousness of her natural world obsessions and digressions. she doesn't tell any STORIES when she does it, so it falls flat. in nay case, i cant blame the malcontent writer here for taking up the challenge . it was a bit too long, but witty here and there and engaging with an authenticity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-42400495838267618342022-01-21T06:37:20.273-08:002022-01-21T06:37:20.273-08:00I had two Annie Dillard books on my shelf, Pilgrim...I had two Annie Dillard books on my shelf, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, and American Childhood. I managed to get about a third through American Childhood, but I can't barely remember a single thing. The book had zero suspense or interest for me. She was talking about her Pittsburgh childhood. I shouldn't say zero interest, but not much.<br /><br />I think this article, which maybe seems in bad taste, is just doing what it says in the beginning, encouraging us to critique those we may imagine "everyone likes" because everyone doesn't, and there are reasons for that. As the article says, success can make someone end up repeating their schtick over and over because it works for their career. I don't know anything about Annie Dillard besides the experience of being overcome with boredom when opening any page of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, but maybe she's not for everybody.<br /><br />And I love trees, birds, and walks. And I do boring things myself. Turns out, when I'm reading, I don't want boring.<br /><br />I was liberated from all the occasional bout of guilt at not having read her books when I finally gave them to the thrift store a week ago. Finally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-44712628212037184332017-12-07T17:45:21.254-08:002017-12-07T17:45:21.254-08:00Agree w/Sam. What a goofy waste of time & spac...Agree w/Sam. What a goofy waste of time & space.Chilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102642057219942764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-23386782418463928122016-08-01T08:32:53.724-07:002016-08-01T08:32:53.724-07:00Look at me, using my real name, saying surely ther...Look at me, using my real name, saying surely there's a better use of time than writing an essay like this.Sam Cohennoreply@blogger.com