Gina answers “Where did the name Willa come from? I ask...”

Lisa Wright asked this question about Clock Dance:

Where did the name Willa come from? I ask because the main character of Barbara Kingsolver's forthcoming novel is also named Willa. I had never come across the name before and now twice at one time. Weird. Just saying...

Gina Willa Cather was a great writer: O Pioneers My Antonia, who didn't get enough attention when she was actively writing. She was a woman in a mostly man…moreWilla Cather was a great writer: O Pioneers My Antonia, who didn't get enough attention when she was actively writing. She was a woman in a mostly man's world,(less)

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