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The Professor's House
… Image "The Professor's House" The Professor's House Book Club Resources The Professor’s House (1925) follows Godfrey St. Peter as he experiences a …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023
Finding Aids
… conference notes WCPM Ashtray Playing Cards Keys NSHS Documents Correspondence 1987 board …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost citizen," wrote author and Nobel … of American literary Modernism has only increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition … of the 2023 iteration was “Complex and Brilliant: Cather at 150,” reflecting the sesquicentennial of Cather birth in …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… National Willa Cather Center. Hear an excerpt from Taylor's new book, followed by what is sure to be an engaging talk … Times/Christopher Isherwood Prize and was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice; his Proust: The Search was … York Times Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag, Debriefing , was published by …
Posted: 10/04/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023
"Willa Cather and the Counterculture"
… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … artists, educators, and others about their experiences living in Taos. The full series can be found here: …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 11/03/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … selling farm loans and insurance downtown and rents a story-and-a-half frame house on 3rd and Cedar Streets. Built … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration
… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to conclude a … Edward F. Albee Foundation. Chasing Bright Medusas , his biography of Willa Cather, is due from Viking Press in 2023. …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
Book Club Resources
… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … in the Cather family’s Second Home with your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… Discussion #3: The Professor's House As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to announce a … scheduled in anticipation of the publication of his new biography, Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather. …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 08/08/2023