Please join The History Project and author Melissa J. Homestead for a discussion of her book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis. The recording is now available on YouTube.

Links shared in the chat included:

• The Only Wonderful Things - available from Oxford University Press. Use code AAFLYG6 for 10% off
• The Willa Cather Archive
• Oliver Wendell Holmes' Loving Cup at the Warren Anatomical Museum, inscribed by Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields
• Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
• The National Willa Cather Center

About the Book - Now available at Oxford University Press!

What would Willa Cather's widely read and cherished novels have looked like if she had never met magazine editor and copywriter Edith Lewis? In this groundbreaking book on Cather's relationship with her life partner, author Melissa J. Homestead counters the established portrayal of Cather as a solitary genius and reassesses the role that Lewis, who has so far been rendered largely invisible by scholars, played in shaping Cather's work. Inviting Lewis to share the spotlight alongside this pivotal American writer, Homestead argues that Lewis was not just Cather's companion but also her close literary collaborator and editor.

About the Author

Melissa J. Homestead is Professor of English and Program Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A graduate of Smith College and the University of Pennsylvania, she has published widely on American women's writing and authorship from the late 1700s through the early 1900s. She serves as Director of the Cather Project and Associate Editor of The Complete Letters of Willa Cather: A Digital Edition.

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This event is free and open to the public, any donations made will support The History Project's mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ history. Thank you for your support!