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Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.

Call for Papers on Willa on Willa Cather: ALA 2010, May 27-30, San Francisco

Call for Papers on Willa on Willa Cather: ALA 2010, May 27-30, San Francisco

Monday, November 2, 2009
The Willa Cather Foundation is now seeking 20-minute papers for presentation in two panels devoted specifically to Cather scholarship at the American Literature Association...

Coming Soon, Wm. Cather M.D. and "The Mental Portrait Album"

Coming Soon, Wm. Cather M.D. and "The Mental Portrait Album"

Monday, November 2, 2009
In 1888, the fourteen-year-old Willa Cather made a memorable entry in a friendship album owned by her schoolmate Serena White. Cather signed herself "Wm. Cather M.D." Among...

Reflections from the Prairie Writers' Workshop by Timothy Schaffert

Reflections from the Prairie Writers' Workshop by Timothy Schaffert

Friday, July 24, 2009
Willa Cather taught in a writers' workshop in 1922, at Middlebury College, while working on her novel A Lost Lady . Upon the completion of her five-session course, her...

"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

Thursday, July 23, 2009
The 2010 Willa Cather Spring Conference, to be held June 3-5, will offer three days of events on the fresh topic of food and drink in Willa Cather's writing, based in Cather'...

Willa Cather Foundation Receives Award

Willa Cather Foundation Receives Award

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The website for the Willa Cather Foundation received a Merit Certificate for excellence from the Lincoln, Nebraska chapter of the American Marketing Association at its annual...

"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

Thursday, June 4, 2009
The Right Reverend Frank T. Griswold, XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses the Cather Spring Conference. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Willa...

Prairie Writers' Workshop

Prairie Writers' Workshop

Friday, May 29, 2009
"Fiction and Art": A fiction writing workshop, with a careful look at art and design in Nebraska narratives. The Willa Cather Foundation would like to invite you to attend...

Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

Thursday, May 7, 2009
While selecting photographs from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House, I came across one...

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Burn

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Burn

Monday, April 20, 2009
The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to announce the completion of a prescribed burn on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. As part of an extensive restoration project funded...

Elderhostel

Elderhostel

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Red Cloud: Willa Cather's Window to the World June 15-19, 2009 Hosting the nation's largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather Foundation invites you to...

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