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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… monarch groves of California, to the fossil beds and grass prairies of Nebraska, to the scrimshaw shops and tangled … arts manager, and registered nurse, Ohlmann finally lands in Texas, buys a house, and gets a dog. But her house … Mad Women (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Leaving Tracks: A Prairie Guide (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and The …
Posted: 07/08/2023
Last Updated: 07/13/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… along with the novel. In addition to serving to help readers better understand Cather and her world, the playlists are wonderful companions on your daily commute! Enjoy! The Song of the … herself as she is growing up in Moonstone, Colorado, a fictional community based on Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County
… names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You Have to Fight For," … how they struggled to apply their Eastern educations to the lands of the West. We're inspired too, to think about how we … ttucker@willacather.org. You can also schedule a guided prairie tour (but please, no specimen collecting!) by …
Posted: 06/17/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… experience that will guide people through the sacred lands at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary and Indian Mounds … the U.S. government forced Indigenous people off their lands, destroyed burial mounds and built a railroad over the … to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022