April Twilights (1903)

About Willa Cather

Willa Cather (18731947) was born in Virginia moved with her family to Nebraska in 1883 and eventually settled in Red Cloud. After graduating from the University of NebraskaLincoln in 1895 Cather returned to Red Cloud briefly before moving east to work on Home Monthly and eventually McClures. Her first published books were the poetry collection April Twilights and the short story collection The Troll Garden. In 1923 Cather received the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours. Bernice Slote (191383) a distinguished Cather scholar was a professor of English at the University of NebraskaLincoln. Her publications include April Twilights (1903) (1962 1968); The Kingdom of Art: Willa Cathers First Principles and Critical Statements 18931896 (1967); and Uncle Valentine and Other Stories: Willa Cathers Uncollected Short Fiction (1973 1986) all published by the University of Nebraska Press.Robert Thacker is Charles A. Dana Professor of Canadian Studies and English Emeritus at St. Lawrence University. He is the author of several books including The Great Prairie Fact and Literary Imagination and has coedited three volumes of Cather Studies. He is the historical editor of Poems in the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition.