"The feeling of the rain on you is sweet. It seems to bring feelings you had when you were a baby. It carries you back into the dark, before you were born."
- O Pioneers!
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Call for Papers on Willa Cather: ALA 2010, May 27-30, San Francisco
The Willa Cather Foundation is now seeking 20-minute papers for presentation in two panels devoted specifically to Cather scholarship at the American Literature Association meeting in San Francisco, May 27-30, 2010.

Topics: We seek the best and most innovative of ongoing Cather scholarship, and all topics and approaches are welcomed.

Contact: Please send abstracts or proposals (preferably electronically) of 300-500 words to John Swift ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), ECLS Department, Occidental College, Los Angeles CA 90041 (phone 323 259 2804).

Deadline for proposals to be considered for these sessions: Monday, January 4, 2010 (but they are welcome at any earlier time).

General Conference Information: The American Literature Association's 21st annual conference will meet at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center on May 27-30, 2010 (Thursday through Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). The deadline for all proposals is January 30, 2010. For further information, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org or the conference director, Professor Alfred Bendixen of Texas A & M University at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with specific questions.

 

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The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation (Cather Foundation) was founded in 1955 with headquarters in Red Cloud, Nebraska. In the intervening years, Red Cloud has grown to host the largest number of historic-designated buildings devoted to one author in the United States. The site is maintained in cooperation with the Nebraska State Historical Society.