"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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Prairie Writers' Workshop

When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie Writers' Workshop for beginning, aspiring, or experience...

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International Seminar

The 14th International Willa Cather Seminar 2013Hosted by Northern Arizona University and the Willa Cather Foundation"Willa Cather: Canyon, Rock, & Mesa Country"Flagstaff, AZJune 16-22, 2013Seminar Directors: Ann Moseley, Professor EmeritaTexas A&M University-CommerceAnn_Moseley@ta...

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Call for Papers

The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to post Calls for Papers regarding Willa Cather for upcoming publications and conferences. Call for Papers: Cather Studies 10: Willa Cather and the Nineteenth Century We invite submissions for Cather Studies 10, a peer-reviewed volume to be published...

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Edith Wharton CFP

Call for Papers: Edith Wharton in Florence 2012Conference Dates: June 6-8, 2012 Please join us for the international conference of the Edith Wharton Society in Florence, Italy, celebrating the sesquicentennial of Wharton's birth. "Edith Wharton in Florence" will be the third Wharton Societ...

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