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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, her birth home, a rural … remains a testament to the humble, rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … said in an interview, “I had searched for books telling about the beauty of the country I loved, its romance, and … as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness will join less than a dozen …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … pleased by hearing the comments of her own readers. From an early age, she established her “library,” with her books … areas: Representations of readers and reading in Cather’s novels and short stories.   How readers navigate challenging …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … will resume in March of 2024. Guests who book a tour in the early weeks of that month will have an opportunity to see … 150 Years of Willa Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … in Columbus Ohio. She is the author of Willa Cather: The Critical Conversation and an Editorial Board member of the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… and is buried near a crossroads. Cather, on whom almost nothing was lost, will later use this event in one of her … train with the rest of the family to Red Cloud. Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie … the Farmers and Merchants Bank is completed. It will close just four years later, a victim of the Panic of 1893. Blind …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Nina McConigley  is the author of the story collection Cowboys and East Indians , which won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award and a High …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Members p. 1  Societies p. 2  Publications p. 2  Donors p. 3  The Register p. 4  Carrie Miner Sherwood Profile p. 5  … and Board of Governors p. 1  Aims p. 1  Progress Report and Building Fund News p. 1  Publications p. 2  Pittsburgh p. 2  … Marker Dedication p. 1  National Award p. 1  Catherland Tours p. 2  Restoration Projects-Cather House, the Depot p. …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Archive  Dec 7 — Benjamin Taylor Book Launch & Reading for  Chasing   Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather  (to be published on …
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