Our story for August 2019 is “Scandal,” first published in August 1919.
Willa Cather
Response to “A Gold Slipper” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
Willa Cather must have had some fun writing “A Gold Slipper.” She takes the fairy tale tradition of a magical slipper and plays with gender and the stereotypes that divide between business and art. One of the gender roles Cather… Read More ›
July Reminder! The Willa Cather Short Story Project #6: A Gold Slipper
Reminder for the July 2019 Willa Cather Short Story Project. We’ll be reading and discussing “A Gold Slipper.” All are welcome to join.
Response to “The Diamond Mine,” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
“The Diamond Mine” is the second story in Cather’s 1920 short story collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. What a delight! From the first paragraph to the last, I enjoyed reading this story. I was intrigued by the scenes aboard… Read More ›
June Reminder! The Willa Cather Short Story Project #5: The Diamond Mine
This is a quick reminder that our June read for The Willa Cather Short Story Project is “The Diamond Mine.” This story is the second in Cather’s 1920 collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. It was first published in McClure’s Magazine in… Read More ›
Response to “Coming, Aphrodite!” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
Wholly Unclad When “Coming, Aphrodite” was first published in the August 1920 edition of The Smart Set magazine, the editor changed a key component of the story. In the scene where Don peeps through the hole in his closet, Cather… Read More ›
A Dive Into BookTube
If you haven’t heard of BookTube, it’s a community within YouTube that focuses on making videos about books. Earlier this week I made a video for Shawn the Book Maniac’s channel. He’s celebrating 2K subscribers and asked subscribers to submit… Read More ›