The Crack in the Air

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.-Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark. The crack ran wild in Red Cloud, Nebraska, at the Fifth Annual Prairie Writers’ Workshop. From the first poem read to the last one heard, the spirit of Willa Cather, as channeled through artist in residence Mary K. Stillwell, whispered encouragement to the participants to give voice to their poems. The poets who share their gifts of song between the covers of this book do so with gratitude toward the Willa Cather Foundation for making it all possible.