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Legends & Stories: The Changing Ecology of the Great Plains
… on the resilience of ecosystems, particularly in the Great Plains, and understanding the legacies fire leaves on … explores the appearance of the railroad in American literature, focusing on how the railroad changed conceptions …
Posted: 02/08/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet … the night sky. Take a walk (and bring a picnic) amidst the great ocean of land that rolls around you. Listen only to … Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
How to Tell a War Story: Hemingway and Cather In Conversation
… Image Tracy Tucker, Director of Collections & Curation, NWCC Image With Tracy Tucker, Director of Collections & Curation, National Willa …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… with a English degree and concentration in American Literature, and a minor in Psychology. Nolan says he feels very much “at home on the rolling plains of the Midwest” and is enjoying the prairie and … of an author looks like and means. It has also been a great experience working with other like-minded people who …
Posted: 07/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/07/2023
68th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Jun 1, 2023 | 9am - Saturday, Jun 3, 2023 | 9pm National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … Cather's 50th year and also shaped the latter half of a literary career that we are still celebrating 100 years …
Posted: 06/08/2022
Last Updated: 05/31/2023
Press Room
… public to visit our virtual Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and … Willa Cather (1873-1947) is an author of complex American stories, Cather wrote from a perspective and in a style that … O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), My Ántonia (1918), One of Ours (1922), A Lost Lady (1923), …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Cranes & Cather: Migration in Life and Literature
… Center as we partner with the Willa Cather Archive and the Great Plains Art Museum for a day of Cranes and Cather! This year, … stories. Our Cranes & Cather event ties the best of today’s Great Plains writing with the historic and unique landscape …
Posted: 02/18/2020
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 …
Posted: 08/22/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Tracy Sanford Tucker
… Image Tracy Sanford Tucker Director of Collections & Curation Tracy Sanford Tucker joined the staff of the National Willa Cather Center …
Posted: 01/06/2023
Last Updated: 04/17/2023
"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… depart Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and …
Posted: 09/18/2019
Last Updated: 03/21/2023