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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation … stabilization and eventual restoration and programming.  ABOUT THE BIRTHPLACE The Cather birthplace remains a …
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2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced

… writers of the Willa Cather Writers Residency in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The cohort of five women writers will gather … of FarmGirl Press. Her poetry has been published in  Nebraska Life and in a chapbook,  Fencelines (2022). Her … for identity. She draws strength and tenacity from the Nebraska landscape and finds healing among cottonwoods and …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason, and Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate Miranda Davis for a dedication … Childhoood Home dedication, we are excited to announce that Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason will read an original poem …
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Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Foundation began in 2004, following a trip to Red Cloud, Nebraska for the Willa Cather Spring Conference. And while … education. “Something must have happened on that trip to Nebraska,” Harman said. “Something about the Foundation’s …
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The Willa Cather Teacher Institute

… how the history of Red Cloud connects to larger themes in Nebraska and American history and literature? Then the … experience that prepares them to include Willa Cather and Nebraska history across disciplines at a variety of grade … will take place July 13-17 in Red Cloud and Lincoln, Nebraska. Applications are available online, and the last …
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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… been lost to much of the world. Of the millions of acres of grasslands that once covered the continent, only a small … grasses, indian and switch grasses, as well our native cool-season buffalo grass. The wildflower season stretches from April through October, beginning with …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Opera House Art Gallery. Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. The views expressed in spring … programs do not necessarily reflect the view of Humanities Nebraska or the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Image     Jane …
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19th International Willa Cather Seminar

… new to Cather’s work are encouraged to make proposals. Scholarships will be available for select student presenters … in  Textual Practice and  Twentieth-Century Literature .  Learn more about Noreen Masud …
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Willa Cather Residency Cohorts

… Image Inaugural Willa Cather Residency Cohort Willa Cather Residency Cohorts   … Margot Kahn Donna O'Shaughnessy S.M. Sukardi Read More About our 2024 Cohort 2023 Joanna Biggs Monixa Masiello …
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Willa Cather & John William "Blind Boone"

… director of collections and curation at the National Willa Cather Center, will present this program about the fascinating person on whom Willa Cather based her …
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