Three Wednesdays: August 2, 9, 16, from 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. ET Online
Lecture and Discussion. This live class will be recorded and available for later viewing.
Willa Cather was at the height of her career as a New York magazine editor when she abruptly quit in 1912 at age 38 to write fiction. That year she made her first trip to the American Southwest, visiting Arizona and New Mexico just as these two territories became states. Cather traveled repeatedly to the Southwest, which inspired her writing. In this class, we'll explore three of Cather’s novels that derived from her Southwestern travels: The Song of the Lark (an outcome from her 1912 trip), The Professor’s House (inspired by her trip to Mesa Verde, Colorado in 1915), and her “best book” (her words), Death Comes for the Archbishop, which she researched and wrote during her 1925 and 1926 travels to Taos and Santa Fe. Three Wednesdays: August 2, 9, 16, from 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. ET Online
The Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather (9780375706455)
The Professor’s House, by Willa Cather (9780679731801)
Garrett Peck is an author, historian and tour guide living in Santa Fe. His eighth and latest book is A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium. As a former Washingtonian, he frequently led tours through Politics & Prose. Garrett is currently working on a book about how Willa Cather composed Death Comes for the Archbishop, and is organizing Willa Cather Tours of New Mexico.
REFUND POLICY: Please note that we can issue class refunds up until seven (7) days before the first class session.
