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Hace 3 días · By James Shapiro. May 28, 2024. It’s almost impossible to grasp how deeply theater was woven into the fabric of American life, from coastal cities to frontier towns, before the rise of Hollywood. It helps to see this through the eyes of a young woman, born in 1873, who grew up in Red Cloud, Nebraska, went to college in the state ...
Hace 4 días · Algún día llegaré a -cuelgo la cabeza avergonzada- “La casa del profesor”, de Willa Cather. Otras estanterías me recuerdan los libros que quiero releer: “Noches en el circo”, ...
Hace 1 día · “The Playbook,” though, is nonetheless an engrossing read (Willa Cather, once a fledgling theater critic in Nebraska, makes a very smart cameo), and the present-day echoes of Dies’s culture ...
Hace 1 día · “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament” is a short story by Willa Cather. It follows Paul, a Pittsburgh teenager who despises his middle-class life and yearns for wealth and sophistication. Alienated from his family and school, Paul steals money and flees to New York City, indulging in a brief, luxurious escape.
Hace 14 horas · Willa Cather, in an indelible 1916 commentary, called Kundry “a summary of the history of womankind,” and continued: “[Wagner] sees in her an instrument of temptation, of salvation, and of service; but always an instrument, a thing driven and employed. . . . She cannot possibly be at peace with herself.”
Hace 2 días · This month’s story for the Willa Cather Short Story project is “Ardessa,” published in May 1918. Earlier this month, I shared the image below in the reminder post and wrote that the caption made me smile. But then I wondered, “Is Becky’s savagery hyperbole referring to her ignorance of office protocol and culture, or is something darker lurking between the lines?”
Hace 14 horas · I was trying to understand arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan and the incredible creative people she brought to the Southwest—including D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Ansel Adams. I always want to widen my gaze, to take in something else, to lift the heavens higher so I can see more. I focus on what has receded, or even what seems not there.
