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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures … spot to pause and refresh or entirely regroup away from it all. Red Cloud is an oasis on the prairie — yet only a short … National Willa Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… 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

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about …
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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 American … to creating healthy communities through the art of writing. Since its inception in the fall of 2021, the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost citizen," wrote author and Nobel Prize-winner Sinclair Lewis. "The United … as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics and commentators have increasingly identified Cather …
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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 … emerged in the 1920s a dominant voice was found in the writing of Willa Cather (1873-1947); her frequent …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red …  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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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

… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, … YouTube   @WillaCatherFdn (National Willa Cather Center) Images This selection of images is available to the the … image needs that you may have. Historic Sites & Misc. Image Galleries The Collections at the National Willa Cather …
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