My mom died just in time, before the tattled tale in the literary world was that Willa Cather was, duh, lesbian. An American literature teacher, Mom taught Cather's "My Antonia" twice a year and read ...

“Chasing Bright Medusas,” a new biography by Benjamin Taylor, aims not to uncover new facts but to provide a concise introduction to the novelist. Willa Cather “believed in luck, particularly her own, ...

Benjamin Taylor has a thing for Willa Cather. This year, the 150th anniversary of her birth, he has written a passionate love letter to her in the form of a brief but illuminating biography. "Chasing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 16—During her life, Willa Cather was "obsessed with her privacy," biographer Benjamin Taylor says. It was that obsession — an ...

Early December marks 150 years since the birth of American novelist Willa Cather. Could this be the motivation for Benjamin Taylor’s “Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather”? No doorstop, it’s ...

In what its editors have admitted is a "flagrant" violation of Willa Cather's wishes, a selection of letters from the much-loved American author are set to be published for the first time next month, ...

CHASING BRIGHT MEDUSAS: A Life of Willa Cather. By Benjamin Taylor. Viking. 192 pages. $29. Benjamin Taylor has a thing for Willa Cather. This year, the 150th anniversary of her birth, he has written ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...