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Short Biography of Willa Cather
… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … Center, New Hampshire. Her domestic partner, Edith Lewis, selected her final resting place and designed her tombstone, … , and a large body of nonfiction, journalism, speeches, and letters. Critical Biography Bibliography Honors & …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic journalist in Lincoln and …
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Finding Aids
… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather for gifts are included in this …
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Virtual Author Series: Margot Kahn and Hillary Behrman
Image Image Author Series Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 | 7 - 8pm CT Register for Event Help us welcome two writers from our 2024 Willa Cather Residency for Writers cohort as they share recent publications! Margot Kahn and Hillary Behrman will read excerpts from …
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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow
Image Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts Author Series Thursday, Feb 19, 2026 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author series! Brad Bigelow will share …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with … Life , by James Woodress, was a groundbreaking critical biography when it was published, and though more recent … Wonderful Things , by Melissa Homestead, updates Cather's biography significantly and fleshes out Edith Lewis's place …
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2024 Writers Cohort Announced
… identity, ambition, and desire. She is the author of the biography Horses That Buck , winner of the High Plains Book …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations … Ántonia When critic Randolph Bourne heralded My Ántonia in 1918 as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration
… respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National … tour and three new exhibits that celebrate Cather's 1918 novel. Schedule of Big Read Kick-Off Events (Spend an …
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