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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures of a literary …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have … a few.  Guests are invited to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, and …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Littleton Alston’s Cather statue in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on June 7. Additional events took … $150,000 for preservation and educational programs. A challenge gift of $50,000 has been offered if $100,000 can be …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… , and a quiet stay in the Cather Second Home guest house.  "My mother was a high school English teacher," Giamatti said. " My Ántonia was something she taught a lot, and so Cather was …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and …
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Willa Cather Biography

… extended  Willa Cather: A Literary Life  had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather … times a year by the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — Harmony Library 4616 South … [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and especially  My Ántonia  [1918]) had established the decade before. By the …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas … uncle and aunt of Willa Cather) stake a homestead on the Divide, a broad stretch of land between the Little Blue and …
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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

… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … in Cather's work—in particular  O Pioneers!  (1913),  The Song of the Lark  (1915),  My Ántonia  (1918),  One of Ours  (1922),  A …
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