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Nothing But Land: Willa Cather and Indigenous Writers

… Writing Workshop with Karla Hernandez Torrijos Special Events Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 5 - 7pm CT Urban League of … in writing exercises that incorporate selections from My Ántonia as well as work by Thomas C. Gannon and … juxtaposed with late 19th century settlement culture.  Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles …
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Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska

… A National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program Special Events Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:30pm CT Hastings … Olsen, director of education and engagement, will present, “Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural … immigrants to the United States would hurt the economy. Cather grew up around many different cultures and …
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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World

… Image Presented by Steve Shively Special Events Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 | 2 - 3pm CT Great Plains … most significant American authors of the twentieth century, Willa Cather’s work was shaped by her Nebraska upbringing. … and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her novel My Ántonia.   Now retired, Steve Shively taught English at …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, was selected from over seventy artists to create the Willa … of Virginia, among others, many of her most well-known stories are about Nebraska and its people. I hope her … Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Andrew Jewell and Melissa Homestead praised Cather's selection as a representative of …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … for poetry, nature, and music drive her to create a better world for herself and others through words. Davis's poetry …
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Hommage: Willa Cather

… their birth centenaries. The authors chosen in 2023 were: Willa Cather (1873–1947) Federico Garcia Lorca (1889–1936) Wislawa … Nova of La Ràpita in late 2023 and the works inspired by Willa Cather will be on display in the Red Cloud Opera House …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored … Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn … On December 7, Cather’s 150th birthday will be fêted with guided holiday tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … will be captivated by Cather's life and the complex world that inspired the enduring stories conveyed in her …
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Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… of Cather during the height of her career in the 1920s, artifacts from the National Willa Cather Center’s museum … His sculptures are included in public and private collections throughout the country, and his work has been …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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