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September 2020 Reminder for The Willa Cather Short Story Project
This month we’re not going to read a short story by Willa Cather, but rather an essay by George N. Kates about the last story she was working on before she died. This piece, “Willa Cather’s Unfinished Avignon Story,” rounds out Willa Cather: Collected Stories that many of us have been reading from, as well as Phase One of this reading project.
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Library Visit: East Glastonbury, CT
Last week Laura and I were looking to go on a day drive. I also wanted to visit a new to me library and since most libraries in Connecticut are still either not open or running on limited hours due… Read More ›
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Response to “Tom Outland’s Story.” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
Have you read “Tom Outland’s Story” this month? I’ve had a busy and somewhat tiring month and just got around to re-reading it this evening (at sunset, as captured in the photo above). As I mentioned in the reminder post,… Read More ›
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia was one of the most anticipated books of the summer. It’s a Gothic novel with classic creepiness, and although it’s a bit slow at times — as Gothic novels can be due to the element… Read More ›
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Classics Club Spin Number Twenty-Four
A new Classics Club Spin was just announced and since I had good luck with my last CCSpin pick — The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett — I’m going for it again. Last night I was… Read More ›
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Response to “The Enchanted Bluff.” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
“The Enchanted Bluff” by Willa Cather was a delightful short story to read on a hot summer afternoon. That is, until the end when the narrator jumps twenty years into the future. This story is one of Cather’s earlier works,… Read More ›
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Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby
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“The Enchanted Bluff” Willa Cather Short Story Project Reminder July 2020
Our story for July is “The Enchanted Bluff.” We are making some serious progress on our quest to read all of Willa Cather’s short fiction. So far we’ve read seventeen stories in the four collections pictured above. Our next group… Read More ›
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The Street by Ann Petry
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SUDDEN SEA: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. Scotti
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Author Home: Bill and Lois Wilson
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Visiting Fitz-Greene Halleck Monuments
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Lego ship in the library
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How the French Revolution Inadvertently Helped Create The Card Catalog
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The American Revolution and Access to Public Records
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Cicero, IL: Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway?
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