Letter From the Heartland

stant. Annie Dillard, in her wonderfuln"An Expedition to tlie Pole" in ThenYale Literary Magazine's anniversarynissue, was the first to make me questionnmy own convictions: If littlenthings like inane lyrics and the inescapablenmessiness of human fellowshipnStamped With the Image ofnthe KingnThe "matter of Britain" has beenninspiring European writers sincenthe . . .