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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… The Only Wonderful Things: the Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , by …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… the Director of the Cather Project, author of The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
Posted: 05/08/2024
Last Updated: 05/14/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Featured Speakers and Performers

… Romney was also featured in The Booksellers, a documentary about the rare book trade in New York that premiered at the … and has enjoyed residencies with New Georges, the Camargo Foundation, and the Huntington. Ms. Withers is a graduate of … Eakins Press Foundation where she continues to serve as a board member. In 2023, she sold her consulting firm and …
Posted: 05/04/2026
Last Updated: 05/18/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the holidays, many of us will … our thoughts to setting goals and making a fresh start in a new year. In 1913, Willa Cather was doing the same thing. …
Posted: 01/02/2026
Last Updated: 01/21/2026

Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading

… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Willa … by Daryl Palmer Cather and Opera by David McKay Powell Sensing Willa Cather: The Writer and Body in Transition by …
Posted: 10/04/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023

Dr. Melissa J. Homestead in Conversation with Alex Ross

… Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis Dr. Melissa Homestead in Conversation … music critic Alex Ross of The New Yorker will discuss her book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , set for release on April 1, 2021. While ample scholarship on …
Posted: 02/03/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley

… think Thornton Oakley is a really big man. He once did some wonderful things of Pittsburgh and the mills. He’s never commonplace.” … themselves, but Melissa Homestead, in her recent book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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