tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post5295706705557934624..comments2024-03-18T21:35:14.053-04:00Comments on Gulfside Musing: On this day...JoAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-70376629554097881612011-09-29T21:44:43.784-04:002011-09-29T21:44:43.784-04:00Chris - My family flew to Colorado, then drove to ...Chris - My family flew to Colorado, then drove to Santa Fe last summer. I tried to persuade them to start our journey in Nebraska, but was overruled. I will get there and visit all the Cather sites eventually... in the meantime I continue to accumulate (and read) her novels and stories. She is truly an American treasure!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-10907115524416557512011-09-29T16:01:20.835-04:002011-09-29T16:01:20.835-04:00I love Willa Cather's novels and short stories...I love Willa Cather's novels and short stories. I think I do pretty much have most of her oeuvre on my shelf now too. My oldest daughter is completing her PhD (English) at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and we went out and spent a couple of days visiting all-things Cather in and around Red Cloud, NE. It was fabulous visiting her home, and seeing the houses and landscape that she wrote about in her Nebraska novels. UNL has the Cather Archive too with so much good stuff to see. Cheers! ChrisChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428150254760548485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-71900821281147596752010-12-23T06:39:31.838-05:002010-12-23T06:39:31.838-05:00Les - Would love to visit Red Cloud one day to see...Les - Would love to visit Red Cloud one day to see Cather's home, etc. Looking forward to reading more of her books in 2011.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-91701721937703235662010-12-19T21:09:19.949-05:002010-12-19T21:09:19.949-05:00I loved My Antonia and O' Pioneers! Death Come...I loved My Antonia and O' Pioneers! Death Comes for the Archbishop is also very, very good. I went to a Cather conference in Red Cloud many years ago and enjoyed seeing several locations mentioned in My Antonia. Keep us posted on what you chose next.<br /><br />BTW, you sure got a lot of snow this month!! We've only had a little bit here and there. I'm not complaining!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-80581672200039431682010-12-12T14:04:25.890-05:002010-12-12T14:04:25.890-05:00Staci - O Pioneers! or My Antonia would be a perfe...Staci - O Pioneers! or My Antonia would be a perfect place to start.<br /><br />Booksnyc - I started reading Cather when my daughter chose My Antonia for a high school. We both loved it!<br /><br />Lisa - Nebraska is lucky to claim Cather! I'd love to visit Red Cloud one day and see her home.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-4075386290325399232010-12-12T01:19:30.626-05:002010-12-12T01:19:30.626-05:00I haven't read Cather in years but both "...I haven't read Cather in years but both "My Antonia" and "O,Pioneers" are on the list of classics which I'm proposing to my book club for 2011. I'm really hoping they'll pick one of them; so many of them are transplants to Nebraska and I'd love for them to fall in love with our beloved Cather.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-73017073892549520682010-12-11T11:58:04.862-05:002010-12-11T11:58:04.862-05:00I read My Antonia in college and remember really e...I read My Antonia in college and remember really enjoying it. I don't think I have read any other Cather but I will look out for your reviews of her books!Booksnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197753056299399065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-49422846970100447292010-12-08T20:11:42.611-05:002010-12-08T20:11:42.611-05:00I have to read something by her now!!I have to read something by her now!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-1060017652047933252010-12-08T17:20:32.138-05:002010-12-08T17:20:32.138-05:00Melody - Thanks for the link! Looks like A Lost La...Melody - Thanks for the link! Looks like A Lost Lady is the earliest of the three I own.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-13255531454684340942010-12-08T16:48:59.287-05:002010-12-08T16:48:59.287-05:00Rereading my comment, I think it may have sounded ...Rereading my comment, I think it may have sounded confusing...sorry! O Pioneers was my first experience with Cather, I have a <a href="http://fingersandprose.blogspot.com/p/willa-cather.html" rel="nofollow">chronological list</a> of her works on my blog.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-10572956705084299682010-12-08T16:16:20.663-05:002010-12-08T16:16:20.663-05:00Darlene - I've always loved her name, too. You...Darlene - I've always loved her name, too. You've just expressed it much more poetically though...<br /><br />Melody - Hmm, maybe I should check the publication dates of these three...JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-11596182236343595262010-12-08T01:48:20.684-05:002010-12-08T01:48:20.684-05:00I love Willa Cather. So much that I've begun ...I love Willa Cather. So much that I've begun from the beginning and am reading her chronologically. I read O Pioneers first, it was like a coming of age story for the prairie. Beautiful.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-58447470258188809952010-12-07T22:04:57.304-05:002010-12-07T22:04:57.304-05:00I haven't read any of her books but I do love ...I haven't read any of her books but I do love her name. Like a gentle stream, a rose or a spring zephyr.<br /><br />I'm no help at all.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-4807767134227371052010-12-07T17:39:32.100-05:002010-12-07T17:39:32.100-05:00Joan Hunter Dunn - Hope you decide to give Cather ...Joan Hunter Dunn - Hope you decide to give Cather a try in 2011. Maybe even a short story if you just want a sample... several can be found online.<br /><br />Rachel - I'm so glad you enjoyed reading The Writer's Almanac piece. Looking forward to getting back to Cather in 2011... it was actually your review that prompted me to purchase A Lost Lady!<br /><br />Yolanda - Most people would probably recommend starting with My Antonia, but I'd suggest O Pioneers!. Even my youngest, a reluctant reader, loved it.<br /><br />Margot - Death Comes for the Archbishop is the title I've had the longest. Hopefully we'll both get to it in 2011!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-58207620557003663892010-12-07T16:32:15.474-05:002010-12-07T16:32:15.474-05:00Thanks so much for sharing this piece on Willa Cat...Thanks so much for sharing this piece on Willa Cather. I've enjoyed her writing, especially the two you mentioned. Just yesterday I came across Death Comes To the Archbishop and put it in my 2011 pile. I'm looking forward to it and your thoughts on it as well. I'm going to check out the challenge too.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-6790537807291400342010-12-07T16:12:23.545-05:002010-12-07T16:12:23.545-05:00I havent read anything by her yet but would love t...I havent read anything by her yet but would love too. Which one would you recommend I start with?Yolandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135944573305009556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-31101141470934943352010-12-07T15:01:51.156-05:002010-12-07T15:01:51.156-05:00Thank you so much for posting this JoAnn! Ever sin...Thank you so much for posting this JoAnn! Ever since I discovered her last year, Cather has become one of my favourite authors. I have a huge stack of her books in my apartment waiting to be dived into at the appropriate moment.<br /><br />A Lost Lady was absolutely superb - I have reviewed it. I think you'll love it, though really, I don't think you can go too far wrong with Cather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-12136644131400135892010-12-07T14:22:01.020-05:002010-12-07T14:22:01.020-05:00I haven't read any Willa Carther but i'm b...I haven't read any Willa Carther but i'm beginning to think I really would. I look forward to hearing about the one you choose. Maybe she'll be a 2011 author.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.com