Katherine Anne Porter's life (1890-1980) closely parallelled that of her century, not only in its...

Stout identifies five basic, recurring patterns of the journey narrative: exploration and escape;...

**Time Magazine 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013**Willa Cather's letters-withheld from publication...

?Stout's breadth of reading is impressive, her prose readable, and her method scholarly.?-Library...

A masterful study by a preeminent scholar that situates Cather as a visionary practitioner of lit...

'It is hard for me, as a reader, to contain my praise. This study of the poetries of the great wa...

This informative and provocative study focuses on the centrality of departure in the texts of fiv...

A compilation of essays focusing on the significance of material culture to Cather's work and Cat...

Both Willa Cather and Mary Austin moved west in their youth and spent much of their lives there. ...

Memoirs are tricky, especially when the author isn't widely known. But Janis Stout tackles the me...

An interdisciplinary study of Katherine Anne Porter's troubled relationship to her Texas origins ...

Cather Among the Moderns