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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 …
Posted: 09/21/2023
Last Updated: 04/20/2024
Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Exterior of the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Earliest image of the Willa … her brilliant young mind to imagine the whole world. Cather later referred to it as her “rose-bower,” and she occupied … 150 Years of Willa Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 01/18/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book, April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Willa Cather Timeline
… , appears in print. Cather agrees to write S. S. McClure’s autobiography. When finished, My Autobiography runs under … The Old Beauty and Others . Cather Timeline Bibliography Bennett, Mildred R. The World of Willa Cather . 1951. Lincoln: U of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
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. …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Princeton. In 1944 she received the gold medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.” 50 Volunteers, 34 …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023
Cather Weekend on Governors Island
… and publications. We’ll be offering Willa Cather books and other merchandise as special giveaways. Information on a … make her famous, she made a mark as a poet. Her first book, April Twilights (1903), was a collection of poetry and her poems …
Posted: 08/01/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… 1967 Editor: Miriam Mountford "Are you Sleeping, Little Brother?" Poem by Willa Cather to Brother Jack (age 8) p. 1 … p. 11 Greetings from Mieko Hamaya Kawagoe p. 11 April issue of Western American Literature honors Willa … to UNL p. 4 Marian Yost presents 1903 copy of "April Twilights" to Cather Foundation p. 4 Two bequests from …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
2015 Willa Cather International Seminar
… Image 2015 Willa Cather International Seminar March 2, 2015 15th International Cather Seminar to be held in Nebraska Willa …
Posted: 03/02/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Willa Cather Spring Conference Offers FREE Events
… author of the 2016 “One Book One Nebraska” selection The Meaning of Names . Shoemaker will discuss family stories and historical …
Posted: 05/26/2016
Last Updated: 07/19/2022