Sep 7, 2022 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Nebraska, Nonfiction, Volume 9, Writers of Color
Malcolm X 3448 Pinkney StreetOmaha, Nebraska By Ashley M. Howard My 1980s childhood included reading to my Cabbage Patch Kid in a neon bean bag and practicing my moves so that I could dance with MC Scat Cat. I was (am) a nerd. I loved school. And with exception to the...
Oct 5, 2021 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Nebraska, Novelists, Volume 4
WILLA CATHER Pavelka FarmsteadRed Cloud, Nebraska By Christine Pivovar Willa Cather’s My Ántonia (1918) contains the first written use of the word “kolaches” in English, according to the OED. It comes in at the end of the novel, when the narrator, Jim,...
