[MD] Quality of Writing

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Ian Glendinning
<ian.glendinning at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> Willa Cather is not someone I know.
> Could you recommend a read to start with ?
>
Hi Ian

She won a Pulitzer for One of Ours, free as an ebook:
http://www.amazon.com/One-of-Ours-ebook/dp/B002RKRVJO/ref=sr_1_11_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1365031921&sr=8-11&keywords=willa+cather

but I also enjoyed My Ántonia which is also free for the download:
http://www.amazon.com/My-%C3%81ntonia-ebook/dp/B004UJIQNU/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1365031921&sr=8-1&keywords=willa+cather

Thanks again,

Dan




Ian

>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Ian Glendinning
> > <ian.glendinning at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting quote tweeted by Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid):
> > >
> > > "Truth: "The qualities of a second-rate writer can easily be defined,
> > but a
> > > first-rate writer can only be experienced." —Willa Cather"
> > >
> > > ... given the original English teaching / marking episodes from Pirsig
> ?
> > >
> >
> > Pretty cool stuff, Ian. Thanks for sharing. MacLeod's website is
> wonderful
> > and Willa Cather was an amazing writer. She would know.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > http://www.danglover.com
>
>