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Youth and the Bright Medusa
… Image Youth and the Bright Medusa Book Club Resources Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The stories also take a hard glance at youth and time. Set largely in urban areas, this collection has a distinctly …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… are wonderful companions on your daily commute! Enjoy! The Song of the Lark Image Part I: "Friends of Childhood" The playlist developed in conjunction with Part I of The Song of the Lark reflects the colorful people and cultures …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Dr. Melissa J. Homestead in Conversation with Alex Ross
… Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis Dr. Melissa Homestead in Conversation … music critic Alex Ross of The New Yorker will discuss her book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , set for release on April 1, 2021. While ample scholarship on …
Posted: 02/03/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters … to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, and … Ferris Greenslet, that she is at work on not one, but two books. One of those was a return to the Blue Mesa story, …
Posted: 09/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and … of my job is our Teacher Institute program that takes place each summer. We launched this last year, and it was so … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… two weeks before at almost every rehearsal- needed on book and for backstage cueing before each show. For more … may have burned out, but another is just getting started. Set amidst the volatile, mood-altering, ever-changing … time, have a meal, sign some autographs, and take the “Cather Tour” but the Mayor and local Big Shots want to have …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Image Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa …
Posted: 12/20/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 … courses. Their inaugural June 2019 publication of A Lost Lady in Brazilian Portuguese, Uma mulher perdida , has …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … What brought you to Willa Cather and what was the first book of hers that you read? Any favorites? In 1970, my path … colors. The pathos and juxtaposition of the vast prairie set against the bodies of young lovers. The struggle of …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 07/07/2021
Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… Image Image Image Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth … we conducted a search to find the ideal illustrator for our centenary publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa, … from 'Coming, Aphrodite!' won us over immediately," said Executive Director Ashley Olson. "We were struck by the …
Posted: 09/23/2020
Last Updated: 09/24/2020