21st Century: Query 172 (Annie Dillard)
“The surest sign of age is loneliness.” ~ Annie Dillard , an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction . From 1980, Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University , in Middletown, Connecticut . How might this statement be true? False? In addition to the obvious calendar reality, what are some other signs of old age? How might one delay the effects of aging?