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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short Biography of Willa Cather 1873–1947 Willa Cather was born in Back Creek …
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Willa Cather Biography

… from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … more than that, of herself as a person. The character in question is the book's antagonist, Clement Sebastian, who … help secret Nancy, the enslaved girl, away from slavery to freedom in Canada. It concludes in a way reminiscent of …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… access through our online form or by emailing archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org.   Image The World of Willa Cather On …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… and the Place of Culture Third Wednesdays—June, July, & August—at The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Special Events … The Mount , writer Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, Massachusetts, to launch a new series for the 2024 summer season! … receive $5 off their ticket purchases with a special code!  Contact Jeniffer Beahm, Development Coordinator, at …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard … and archive storage), termed the History Floor as it still houses many of the historic portraits and is part of the original building. We also house our history books on that floor and have a small Willa …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should …
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Finding Aids

… by a straight pin.  The maker of the address book and its place of purchase are currently unknown. No dates are … Books   Geographic Names, United States Atlanta (inhabited place) Berkeley (inhabited place) Billerica (inhabited … Life in Relation to the Creative Spirit in Man and Nature 1906  Francis E. Duncan Book sold from Miller & Paine …
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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

… Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author … his new book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts,  a biography that chronicles Virginia Faulkner’s career as a … what author Timothy Schaffert calls “mad devotion to Willa Cather.”  Spend an evening with Bigelow as he …
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