10. A Falling Out Among Friends — Willa Cather and Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“The Profile” by Willa Cather
In this week’s mini episode, Amy and Kim discuss the 15-year feud between writers Willa Cather and Episode 9’s featured author, Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Get the fascinating backstory on their quarrel and decide whether you’re Team Cather or Team Canfield Fisher. Amy and Kim also talk about their comfort levels with sharing personal details in their writing and reveal the next book and author to be featured on the podcast.
Discussed in this episode:
Review of The Home Maker (1925 film) in Moving Picture World
The Troll Garden by Willa Cather
Cather’s letter to Canfield Fisher thanking her for positive Yale Review
The May Queen anthology, edited by Nicki Richesin
Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist by Anne Boyd Rioux