Offerings
Dillard divides Pilgrim at Tinker Creek into two halves, the via positiva and the via negativa. She symbolizes each section with a different kind of sacrificial offering, though she doesn't come ri...
The Cat
Dillard begins and ends Pilgrim at Tinker Creek with the story of her former cat, who sounds like kind of a jerk. Here's the beginning:I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump thro...
Pennies
Dillard begins Chapter 2 by recounting a pretty earnest (okay, and adorable) childhood game. Check it out:When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, I used to take a precious penn...