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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 … language, and sensitive explorations of place. Her life and work still inspire insightful scholarly analysis. … her formative Nebraska experiences into an international literary legacy.  Cather died in 1947, and was laid to rest …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through each volume’s extensive … apparatus, established the making of and biographical contexts of each volume. Complementing the scholarly editions … and medicine. James Woodress, who published the whole text, called it "a ringing defense of scientific inquiry" …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… Image The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Image Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture Third … , MA 01240 United States PURCHASE TICKETS The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with The Mount , … times. Cipkowski's lecture will explore Cather’s turbulent biography and uniquely American voice, which set a new …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Hampshire, join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … of Cather's life and times will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the … scholar at UCLA and Vice President of the National Willa Cather Center Board of Governors. As Willa Cather …
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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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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

… to Willa Cather.”  Spend an evening with Bigelow as he discusses his research, his expertise about Faulkner’s life, and … an ASL interpreter, or any other accommodations, please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at … He is the editor of the Recovered Books series for Boiler House Press and has been a writer for the Neglected Books …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, … Hotel Sherry (Chicago, IL) Shoreham Hotel (DC) Parker House (Boston) The Beaconsfield (Boston) The Puritan …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… every day is Ask-An-Archivist Day. Below, our archivist, Tracy Sanford Tucker, answers the questions she gets most often. How do … or just ask a question! You can email the archivist at ttucker@willacather.org …
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