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Willa Cather's Red Cloud

… Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet … the night sky. Take a walk (and bring a picnic) amidst the great ocean of land that rolls around you. Listen only to … Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed …
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The Willa Cather Foundation

Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial—is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr

… on National Public Radio, the Native Voice One radio network and the American Indian Radio on Satellite in 2006. … companies such as Viacom Productions and Showtime Networks. A talented actress, Starr is the playwright, …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… sure that I was really going to act like an artist I had chosen “arty” subject matter, ladies and goats, nude ladies …
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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 …
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Discover

… of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. For Readers For Readers For Writers For … Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great American writer. Through our scholarly endeavors, …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th approaches, her birth home, a rural farmhouse in the … remains a testament to the humble, rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … Gere, and Dorothy Canfield. 1892  — Willa Cather becomes literary editor of the  Hesperian , student publication of … poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion Edith Lewis. 1905  — Cather’s first …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of twelve Hidden Treasures in Nebraska …
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Press Room

… D.C. Willa Cather (1873-1947) is an author of complex American stories, Cather wrote from a perspective and in a … individual in pre-Civil War Virginia; the impact of the Great War; the convergence of Indigenous, Hispanic, and … Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to …
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