Annie Dillard -- (No response due this week)

Annie Dillard won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974). Set in our won Blue Ridge mountains, the book won her the unwelcome reputation of EarthSaint, the darling of New Age fans who insist on reading her in the tradition of religious mysticism. 

Here's another resource:

Quotes from Peter Fritzell, "Composition and Decomposition at Tinker Creek" in Nature Writing and America (1990).

Also, check out the reviews for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by searching for it at Amazon.com.