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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Quiet, Cozy, Just like Home Whether you are planning a book group excursion, family vacation, or a quiet writer’s … the rooms of her parents and siblings. At the conclusion of your stay, you will be inspired and leave refreshed — just … ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT Willa Cather Childhood Home & Guided Tours Experience An Author's World Willa Cather’s …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Image This event is SOLD OUT! Special Events Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, … 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

… Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour … On December 7, Cather’s 150th birthday will be fêted with guided holiday tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… Wong, of Showtime's hit series  Billions , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … a native of Illinois, this visit marked her first Cather experience. Both actors live and work in Brooklyn, New York, …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography

… in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, Morrison.” Yes, though Cather deserves to precede Hemingway on this list. Concluding her fine study of Willa … Cather. On April 24, 1947, Cather died from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — … her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and especially  My Ántonia  [1918]) had …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … in an area near Back Creek, Virginia. Also joining the Cathers at Willow Shade is Willa’s maternal grandmother … Red Cloud, the town’s third train depot, built in 1897 and visited by Cather on return trips, is now on the National …
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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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