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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… 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 … of absolutely nothing in the virtual center of the lower 48-states. MORE ABOUT THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE Stay at the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

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 … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… and shared that he was currently reading Cather's  The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed  Death Comes for the …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024

Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue Ames , IA … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 02/05/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny enclave of French …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… on the Rock  is published. 1932  — Cather publishes  Obscure Destinies , her last collection of short stories. From the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This special evening of short … in her prose. With stellar short performances by  Patricia Clarkson  ( She Said ), mezzo-soprano Linda Collazo ,  Sonia …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2023

Press Room

… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, and the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact … and the Foundation also publishes the  Willa Cather Review —a leading source for Cather-related news, features, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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