Unheralded

LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Re-reading Willa Cather

Posted on by Lillian Crook ,Leave a Comment on LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Re-reading Willa Cather

“… the certainty of countless miles of empty country and open sky and wind and night on every side of me. It’s the happiest feeling I ever have. And when I am most enjoying the loveliest things the world is full of, it’s then I am most homesick for just that emptiness and that untainted air.” — Willa Cather

Unheralded

LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Willa Cather’s Red Cloud

Posted on by Lillian Crook 6 Comments on LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Willa Cather’s Red Cloud

Although it is now more than 30 years ago, I remember very clearly the day when I was a graduate student at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and Dr. Michael Rothacker gave his students the assignment of reading a novel of our choosing and writing a report on said novel. My friend, Pamela Jean, and I went right over to …

Continue reading “LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Willa Cather’s Red Cloud”