We’re shaking up the order of our reading again this month. “The Burglar’s Christmas” was on the schedule to read this spring, but since it is a Christmas story, I thought it would be enjoyable to read in December. For… Read More ›
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The Princess Baladina – Her Adventure • Response Post • WCSSP
What a fun story! “The Princess Baladina–Her Adventure” is a riff on the classic fairy tale of the good princess. Baladina is a young princess who is full of gumption. She’s also naughty — she loses a gold ball in… Read More ›
A Fairy Tale! Reminder post – Willa Cather Short Story Project – Nov 2021
Who knew that Willa Cather tried her hand at a fairy tale? This month’s story, “The Princess Baladina—Her Adventure” is a fairy tale that Cather published in 1896 for The Home Monthly. Cather was hired as the first managing editor… Read More ›
A Night at Greenway Court • Response Post • WCSSP
Did you have a chance to read “A Night at Greenway Court” this month? If not, well, you didn’t miss much. As txfen commented on the reminder post, “this story seemed bloodless for me…a cast of cardboard characters and a… Read More ›
“A Night at Greenway Court” • Oct 2021 Reminder • WCSSP
“A Night at Greenway Court” is our story this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project. In “A Night at Greenway Court,” Cather returns to Northern Virginia, the land of her birth. This short piece of historical fiction was… Read More ›
“On the Divide” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Before we jump into this month’s story, I want to let those of you in Connecticut know that the quarterly Willa Cather Book Group will meet again in October.What: Alexander’s Bridge (1912)When: Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 1 pmWhere: The… Read More ›
“On the Divide” September 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Reminder! “On the Divide” is our story this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project. You can read the story at the Willa Cather Archive: https://cather.unl.edu/writings/shortfiction/ss026 Apologies for being a day late with this reminder. The new semester started… Read More ›
“The Fear That Walks by Noonday” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Football season is upon us here in the U.S. and what great timing to read “The Fear That Walks by Noonday.” As I wrote in the reminder post for this story, Cather’s friend Dorothy Canfield Fisher came up with the… Read More ›
“The Fear That Walks by the Noonday” August Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
This month’s story for the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “The Fear That Walks by the Noonday.” This story appeared in The Sombrero, an 1895 University of Nebraska year book. You can read the story on the Willa Cather… Read More ›
“The Clemency of the Court” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Earlier today I took a walk in Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, Connecticut. Afterward, I sat on the beach at Schreeder Pond and re-read “The Clemency of the Court.” It was a lovely summer day. Blue skies were enhanced… Read More ›