“A Night at Greenway Court” is our story this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project. In “A Night at Greenway Court,” Cather returns to Northern Virginia, the land of her birth. This short piece of historical fiction was… Read More ›
Willa Cather Short Story Project
“On the Divide” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Before we jump into this month’s story, I want to let those of you in Connecticut know that the quarterly Willa Cather Book Group will meet again in October.What: Alexander’s Bridge (1912)When: Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 1 pmWhere: The… Read More ›
“On the Divide” September 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Reminder! “On the Divide” is our story this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project. You can read the story at the Willa Cather Archive: https://cather.unl.edu/writings/shortfiction/ss026 Apologies for being a day late with this reminder. The new semester started… Read More ›
“The Fear That Walks by Noonday” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Football season is upon us here in the U.S. and what great timing to read “The Fear That Walks by Noonday.” As I wrote in the reminder post for this story, Cather’s friend Dorothy Canfield Fisher came up with the… Read More ›
“The Fear That Walks by the Noonday” August Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
This month’s story for the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “The Fear That Walks by the Noonday.” This story appeared in The Sombrero, an 1895 University of Nebraska year book. You can read the story on the Willa Cather… Read More ›
“The Clemency of the Court” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Earlier today I took a walk in Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, Connecticut. Afterward, I sat on the beach at Schreeder Pond and re-read “The Clemency of the Court.” It was a lovely summer day. Blue skies were enhanced… Read More ›
“The Clemency of the Court” • July 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Our Willa Cather story for July is “The Clemency of the Court,” which takes us back to the Great Plains. It appeared in the October 26, 1893 issue of The Hesperian. In the June 8, 1893 issue of The Hesperian,… Read More ›
“The Elopement of Allen Poole” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Have you had a chance to read “The Elopement of Allen Poole” yet? I enjoyed this story very much, perhaps because it includes some classic Cather landscape descriptions, even if they are at times a bit more conventional and wordy… Read More ›
“The Elopement of Allen Poole” • June 2021 Reminder • Willa Cather Short Story Project
Our story this month for the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “The Elopement of Allen Poole” which appeared in The Hesperian on April 15, 1893. Here’s the link to the full story at the Willa Cather Archive: https://cather.unl.edu/writings/shortfiction/ss023 You… Read More ›
“The Conversion of Sum Loo” Response Post • Willa Cather Short Story Project
“The Conversion of Sum Loo” has a surprising twist ending. I wasn’t expecting Sum Loo to take matters into her own hands. The last scene is so vivid: The image at the top of this post is the header for… Read More ›