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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… to register was May 25. Please see the schedule below for events that are free and open to the public. Download the … encouraged. Abstracts, along with a short bio, your contact information and institutional affiliation, should be …
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Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer
… Jun 6, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States We … Prize winner Jane Smiley! Her talk on "Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer" will mark the conclusion …
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Willa Cather & the Farm Novel Tradition
… Papillion , NE 68046 United States REGISTER HERE Willa Cather's early novels depicting farm life explore both her memories of …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… to Cather's writing. Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. The conference will begin … Childhoood Home dedication, we are excited to announce that Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason will read an original poem …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive sixteen-month restoration, … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
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Willa Cather Biography
… so the children could receive a better education at the town's school. At that time, Red Cloud was a division point … transferred passengers to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the … letters. A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … selling farm loans and insurance downtown and rents a story-and-a-half frame house on 3rd and Cedar Streets. Built … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels Sapphira and the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … Nebraska.] It Began With a Letter Writing Campaign The WCPM newsletter urged “loyal Cather admirers” to write on behalf … and alive by using your influence?” In the winter 1972 newsletter it was noted that plans were going forward for a …
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Cather Weekend on Governors Island
… and former New York resident Willa Cather. Join us to learn more about the WCF’s new museum and archive, the …
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