Chris Wolak

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• March Reading Plans #Dewithon20

  By Chris Wolak on March 1, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  I’m heading to Wales in March! Well, at least in my mind I’ll be in Wales for the month of March. I’m participating in the month-long Wales Readathon — Dewithon 20 — hosted by Paula of Book Jotter. Here are… Read More ›

• So many good reads! Update #2 February 2020

  By Chris Wolak on February 29, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  Two months into the year and I can happily say my reading is still going well, just as I wrote in my first update of the year back in mid-January. I’m ahead of my usual reading pace. Not that I’m… Read More ›

• Library Visit: Bobst Library at NYU

  By Chris Wolak on February 28, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Earlier this week I was walking around Willa Cather’s old neighborhood in Manhattan, The Village. Cather’s apartment was at 60 Washington Square South. She lived there from 1906-1909. The building is long gone and in its place are modern New… Read More ›

• Response to “Old Mrs. Harris.” The Willa Cather Short Story Project

  By Chris Wolak on February 26, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  What an amazing short story! For those of you who haven’t yet read “Old Mrs. Harris,” it’s primarily about three generations of women in the Templeton family — the grandmother, Mrs. Harris; her daughter, Victoria; and her granddaughter, Vickie —… Read More ›

• The World of Willa Cather by Mildred R. Bennett

  By Chris Wolak on February 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I scored me some Willa Cather studies at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont last night! They sell mainly new books but also have a wonderfully curated used section. This is a 1974 printing of the 1961 Bison Books edition of… Read More ›

• February 2020 Reminder: The Willa Cather Short Story Project

  By Chris Wolak on February 12, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Our story for February is one of Cather’s most beloved stories, “Old Mrs. Harris.”

• Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith

  By Chris Wolak on January 31, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  As a lover of solitude, I was drawn to this book by its title and then the cover cinched the deal. My dog Bea is a retired sled dog and I thought it would be interesting to get a glimpse… Read More ›

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