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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go … is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… who joined filmmaker Alexander Payne for a weekend of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather … and shared that he was currently reading Cather's The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed Death Comes for the …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… us for an evening of readings to celebrate 150 years of Willa Cather, one of the most significant and treasured … with the Ames Writers Collective and the National Willa Cather Center, readers will be reacquainted, and new … There will be birthday goodies as well as a book drawing. (Willa Cather’s 150th birthday was December 7 . ) This is a …
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Willa Cather Biography
… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… 4616 South Shields Fort Collins , CO 80526 United States LEARN MORE Join us for birthday cake and a free talk by Dr. …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871 — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County and the … close friend. 1912 — Cather’s first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , appears in McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Press Room
… Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact Information Catherine Pond, Marketing Coordinator: cpond@WillaCather.org The … with permission and proper crediting. Please contact Catherine Pond for additional information or other image …
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