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Alex Ross to Keynote 65th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… in Fiction," will focus on the world of Cather's singers, particularly as it relates to the artists that populate the … by Cather’s musical inspirations. In his forthcoming book, Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music [Farrar, Straus and Giroux: …
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56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference February 7, 2011 In May 1916, … popular culture of her day. From her enjoyment of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses … Cloud will feature popular songs and stories from Cather's fiction. On Friday night, Charles Smith, Fritz Mountford, …
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Willa Cather Spring Conference 2009
… Image Willa Cather Spring Conference 2009 July 22, 2008 WISDOM IN THE LATER NEBRASKA FICTION: OBSCURE DESTINIES, LUCY GAYHEART, AND "THE BEST … Episcopal Church 6:00 p.m . -- Cider, Beer, Brats, and Music, Burlington Depot --Woody Guthrie program by Mike …
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2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image 2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference March 13, 2014 Mapping … both within Cather studies and beyond. From her earliest fiction, Cather was closely attuned to the world around her, … on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie 5:30 p.m. Barbecue and music at the Burlington Depot, featuring Formerly Three of …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… opera houses you've performed in? The difference is in the size and opulence. The Detroit Opera, where I sang Adele in …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell
… Online Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay … event is free but requires registration. Throughout her fiction, Willa Cather mentioned forty-seven operas. … in roughly half of her short stories. Despite a dearth of musical education, Cather produced astute writing about the …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
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56th Annual Spring Conference
… Annual Spring Conference March 10, 2011 The 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Coming April 29-30 Red Cloud, … popular culture of her day. From her enjoyment of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses … Cloud will feature popular songs and stories from Cather's fiction. On Friday April 29, Charles Smith, Fritz Mountford, …
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Celebrate National Poetry Month
… Image Celebrate National Poetry Month April 1, 2020 Willa Cather published April Twilights , her first book of poetry, in 1903. Even after establishing herself as a fiction writer of national reputation, Cather continued to … the poetry demonstrates her rich interests in literature, music, the arts, and settings of the world. As Cather …
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