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Lede
  • "... in 1999 it was listed in Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books." For some reason this wording bothers me. It implies that it was a list, but it could have been an individual publication or whatnot. I feel as if you are missing a descriptive noun.
Background
  • "After she would finish a chapter, she would bring it to Moore to critique." -- Perhaps "After finishing a chapter, she would bring it to Moore to critique." or "Each chapter she wrote was brought to Moore for critique upon completion."
  • "Moore in particular recommended that she expand the book's first chapter..." -- As opposed to?
  • Specifically seems to work better in my opinion.
  • "... was dedicated to Dillard's husband, Richard." -- Do we really need his name here again? His name was given in the first couple of paragraphs.
Summary
  • "In the afterword of the 1999 Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition..." -- Is the link to "afterword" necessary?
Style and genre
  • Overlinking? I count three links to Walden thus far
Themes
  • Theodicy - perhaps a very brief definition for those like me who have never heard the word?
Reception and awards
  • Walden is linked again.
  • If I remember the guidelines correctly, the date (1854) should be with the first mention of Walden above (at the very least in the background section.)
  • "... Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (1974, University of Missouri Press)" -- Worth a redlink?