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 ›
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“A Tale of the White Pyramid.” March 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
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
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 ›
“Lou, The Prophet” Response Post #WCSSP2
This is a tragic story, so let’s start by talking about flowers. Have you ever seen a buffalo pea flower? I have not and never looked them up before today. There are a couple lovely photos of them in this… Read More ›
“Lou, The Prophet.” Willa Cather Short Story Project • Jan 2021 Reminder
Happy New Year! Our first story for Phase II of the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “Lou, The Prophet.” Cather was nineteen when this story appeared in the October 15, 1892 edition of The Hesperian, the University of Nebraska’s… Read More ›
Get Ready for Phase II of the Willa Cather Short Story Project
Starting January 2021 Get ready, Cather enthusiasts! After wrapping up Phase I in September 2020, Phase II of the Willa Cather Short Story Project will kick off in January 2021. The fortytwo (42!) stories in this phase span from 1892,… Read More ›
August 2020 Reminder for The Willa Cather Short Story Project
“Tom Outland’s Story” is a stunning piece of writing about the West and of historical fiction. Don’t miss out — read it this month for The Willa Cather Short Story Project and enjoy some armchair travel to the Southwest and time travel to the late 19th-century.
“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 ›
Response to “Before Breakfast.” The Willa Cather Short Story Project
“Before Breakfast” by Willa Cather is the last story in the posthumously published collection, The Old Beauty and Others (1948). It’s a tight nugget of a story about a successful middle-aged businessman who escapes his work and family for a… Read More ›
Announcing The Willa Cather Short Story Project!
Today is my nine-year anniversary blogging here at WildmooBooks and I’m excited to announce a new reading challenge, The Willa Cather Short Story Project! Beginning in February, I’m embarking on an adventure to read all of Cather’s short stories, one… Read More ›