I accept Annie Dillard donations anywhere in the Albuquerque metro with free pickup — the whole collection: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Holy the Firm, Teaching a Stone to Talk, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, For the Time Being, the novel The Living, and the poems. You don't sort or price anything. Bring it all: I check every book by hand, and readable copies go back to readers.
Published June 2026 · By Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project
Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the touchstones of American nature writing — the kind of book that turns up again and again on New Mexico shelves, next to Abbey and Leopold. A Dillard shelf is well-loved. When one gets cleared, most people just want it to reach a reader who'll love it. That's exactly what I'm for: I take the whole thing, free, and I check every book.
What I take: all of it
The nature & contemplative classics
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Holy the Firm, Teaching a Stone to Talk, and For the Time Being — in any edition, firsts through paperbacks.
The memoirs, craft & fiction
An American Childhood, The Writing Life, the novels The Living and The Maytrees, and the early poems Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.
Any condition
Worn paperbacks, book-club editions, ex-library copies, and reading copies — bring whatever's on the shelf.
Why bring the whole shelf
Donating takes one call or text: no research, no pricing, no listings, no shipping. Free pickup in the Albuquerque metro, or the covered 24/7 drop box outside the gate at 5445 Edith Blvd NE, any hour. I check every book by hand, readable copies go back to readers, and no readable book goes to the landfill. Here's where donated books go.
How free pickup works
Call or text 505-250-3804 (or schedule online), tell me roughly how much there is and where you are, and I add you to the next route through your area. I come to you and load it all. I cover Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains, and the surrounding metro, and I handle whole-house and estate cleanouts regularly.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I donate Annie Dillard books in Albuquerque?
Right here — free pickup anywhere in the metro for the whole collection: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the essays, the memoirs. Call or text 505-250-3804.
Can I drop Annie Dillard books off instead of waiting for a pickup?
Yes. The covered 24/7 drop box outside the gate at 5445 Edith Blvd NE takes them any hour, and someone is at the warehouse from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help unload a bigger load.
Paperbacks and book-club copies too?
Yes — worn paperbacks, book-club editions, ex-library copies. Just don't throw any of it out first.
Cite This Guide
Eldred, J. (June 2026). Donate Annie Dillard Books in Albuquerque — Free Pickup. New Mexico Literacy Project.
https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-annie-dillard-books-albuquerque
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.