Today’s #WillaOnWednesday takes you to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in Nebraska. This video is a 360 degree view that I recorded in the midst of the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in Nebraska on March 11, 2011 using an old… Read More ›
literary road trip
Author Home: Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Yesterday I took the day off and headed north to to visit Arrowhead, Herman Melville’s home in Pittsfield, MA. It was the last day of the season for tours at the historic home. They were closed the day before due… Read More ›
Road Trip Recap and Book Haul
Just over a week ago I posted that I was going on a road trip and was so proud of myself for checking out audiobook versions of some titles that are on my current TBR Action Center. The Girl on… Read More ›
That’s a Wrap: BooktopiaVT 2015
BooktopiaVT happened May 1-2. It was the last BooktopiaVT.* The Final Chapter. It was my second Booktopia and I was thrilled to have gotten in (it sold out in two minutes). Last year my attendance was a last minute surprise…. Read More ›
Max Perkins Slept Here, Willa Cather Slept There
Late last week I took off on my first literary field trip of the year. Appropriately enough, it was to a Willa Cather lecture at the Bush-Holley House in the Cos Cob neighborhood of Greenwich, CT which is about an… Read More ›
Iowa City Book Festival Road Trip Recap
This past weekend I attended the annual Iowa City Book Festival. It’s a three day celebration of books. Friday morning Ruth, Cayt, and I made drive from Chicago to Iowa City in just under four hours. We talked non-stop about… Read More ›
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Cather’s birth house . . . which I didn’t see. On my summer vacation I went to see another house that Willa Cather lived in. Regular readers of WildmooBooks know that Red Cloud, Nebraska is Mecca for Cather fans. It’s… Read More ›
Nebraska Literary Road Trip
At the Nebraska-Kansas border. Webster County, NE To celebrate my birthday last week I decided to take a literary road trip to Nebraska. I’m from Illinois, but have spent a lot of time in Nebraska visiting family & friends. We… Read More ›