A TRIBUTE TO W.O. MITCHELL.

A lone farmhouse window briefly blazes; the prairie bathes in mellower, yellower light, and the sinking sun becomes a low and golden glowing, splendid on the prairie's edge." FEATURES A speech by Sharon Butala for the 75th anniversary celebration of the publication of Who Has Seen the Wind, November 29, 2022, Calgary Public Library. Even though Mitchell broke that mould with Who Has Seen the Wind, for many years after that too many prairie writers - myself included - kept on writing realistic fiction, for the most part, unable to find a way to do what Mitchell had done. [Extracted from the article]