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• “A Son of the Celestial” Response Post WCSSP2

  By Chris Wolak on April 28, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  In “A Son of the Celestial” college student Willa Cather focuses her literary imagination on a Chinese immigrant in San Francisco. The result is not pretty. As I mentioned in this month’s reminder post, the late 19th century saw the… Read More ›

• The Hottest New Play of the Year, Magpie by Laura Thoma

  By Chris Wolak on April 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  I am so excited to share with you that my wife Laura Thoma, had her first play published earlier this month! That’s her holding the writer’s copies of Magpie that arrived prior to release day. Magpie is the story about… Read More ›

• “A Son of the Celestial” Willa Cather Short Story Project • April 2021 Reminder

  By Chris Wolak on April 8, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  Hi Everyone! Apologies that I’m a day late with the reminder post for our monthly Willa Cather short story and for being a bit MIA on the blog. School and spring yard work has been keeping me busy. I am… Read More ›

• “A Tale of the White Pyramid” Response Post WCSSP2

  By Chris Wolak on March 24, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  In “A Tale of the White Pyramid,” young Willa Cather tries her hand at historical fiction. Have you read this short story? What did you think? Egyptomania I was surprised by the Egyptian setting of a short story written by… Read More ›

• Lego ship in the library

  By Chris Wolak on March 22, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  Library school is keeping me super busy. After seven weeks, I finally feel like I’m in a groove and not struggling to play catch up all the time. Last week I started my internship which is part of the course,… Read More ›

• “A Tale of the White Pyramid.” March 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project

  By Chris Wolak on March 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a reminder that our story for this month is, “A Tale of the White Pyramid.” You can read it on the Willa Cather Archive here — https://cather.unl.edu/writings/shortfiction/ss021 — and also see images of the story as it appeared… Read More ›

• “Peter” Response Post WCSSP2

  By Chris Wolak on February 24, 2021 • ( 9 )

  

  Have you had a chance to read “Peter” by Willa Cather? As I mentioned in the reminder post for this month’s story, it was Cather’s first published story. It ran in the May 21, 1892 edition of The Mahogany Tree,… Read More ›

• The American Revolution and Access to Public Records

  By Chris Wolak on February 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some of my reading this week for library school has focused on the historical and contemporary importance of records in American life. Archives have played a significant role in building a sense of national identity and in the creation and… Read More ›

• How the French Revolution Inadvertently Helped Create The Card Catalog

  By Chris Wolak on February 7, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Some big news in my life is that I’ve started library school. I’m pursuing a master’s in library science with a concentration in archives management. Classes just started on February 1st, so I’m one week into this new endeavor. I’m… Read More ›

• “Peter.” Willa Cather Short Story Project • Feb 2021 Reminder

  By Chris Wolak on February 3, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  Willa Cather’s first published fiction was “Peter.” It’s our selection this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project. #WCSSP

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