An American Masterpiece: Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner’s (1909-1993) masterpiece Angle of Repose (1971; Pulitzer 1972) explores the marriage relationships of Susan and Oliver Ward and …
Tag Archives: American West
My Ántonia, My Middle Name
My middle name is Antonia. It comes from my great grandmother, Antonia Montosa Juanes, who was born in Hawaii to …
Larry McMurtry’s Rollicking American West
I picked Lonesome Dove, winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize, for a book club meeting once. However, as a group …
Little House on the Prairie and Family History
My college roommates once came home to find me weeping during an episode of Little House on the Prairie. I …
