The Willa Cather Short Story Project (2023)

I stumbled upon this reading challenge over on the excellent Fanda Classiclit and could not resist joining up. It is hosted by Chris Wolak who has been on a mission since 2019 to basically read all of Willa Cather's short stories. Very impressive. 

I am not very familiar with this author and reviewed "My Antonia" on this blog years ago but it did not receive a favorable review. Going back even further, I have vague recollections of reading the short story "Paul's Case" for a university class but could not tell you a single thing about it. Nevertheless, this is a great opportunity to delve deeper into the author's works and since I pretty much only read short-stories these days, this reading project seems right up my alley. It should not be too difficult catching up on the previous January and February selections.

Here is a list of the titles for each month: 

January: The Affair at Grover Station
February: A Singer's Romance
March: Jack-a-Boy
April: El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional 
May: The Professor's Commencement 
June: The Treasure of Far Island
July: The Namesake
August: The Profile
September: The Willing Muse
October: Eleanor's House
November: On the Gull's Road
December: The Joy of Nelly Deane

Let the fun begin!