Virginia Faulkner — Willa Cather Champion, with Brad Bigelow

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Virginia Faulkner had no family ties to that other famous Faulkner, but she is connected to another icon of classic American literature. A young flapper who made an authorial splash with the New York literati (earning comparisons to a young Dorothy Parker), Faulkner later switched gears, devoting the second half of her life to shaping The University of Nebraska Press into a powerhouse publishing institution. Her dedication to scholarship on Willa Cather helped solidify Cather in the pantheon of great American writers. We’re joined for this discussion by neglected books champion Brad Bigelow, whose biography Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts was recently published by Bison Press.

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Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts by Brad Bigelow

2026 Pilgrimage Reading Group

Purchase the Pilgrimage Series by Dorothy Richardson

Neglected Books website

Friends and Romans by Virginia Faulkner

Willa Cather

A House is Not a Home by Polly Adler

University of Nebraska Press

My Hey Day(The “Princess Tulip” Stories) by Virginia Faulkner

Ex-Wifeby Ursula Parrott

Eugene Meyer

Bernice Slote

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