Willa Cather: Writing Queerness into the Prairie
by Sophia Mason
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With novels like O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, Willa Cather gave a voice to the prairie region and took her extremely public place in the pantheon of American letters. In her encounter with Cather’s work—illustrated with words and original line drawings—Associate Editor Sophia Mason examined a much less public aspect of the author’s work: its subtly radical expression of the author’s queerness.

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About Author Sophia Mason
As a small child, Sophia Mason ‘26 believed she would live in a tent and travel the world while foraging for her own food. As she has grown, she has instead decided to major in anthropology and environmental studies at Grinnell College. In her free time, she enjoys making art, playing her guitar and foraging for mushrooms (staying true to at least some of her original dream).