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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud and has … later won a medal in an Austrian shooting competition. “My parents worked and saved so that I could go to college … “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech immigrants as in My Ántonia and Mr. Schimerda was a violinist in the Prague …
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Novels
… to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of … so far—he, who was so afraid of being fooled!" Willa Cather Review , Vol. 63.2 Summer 2022 Telling War Stories: The …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… of celebration! Image Image Image THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2023 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT Image Cather at 150 … One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short fiction in …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… Image Image Benjamin Taylor Image Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Discussion #3: The Professor's House Special Events …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… Image Fine Books & Collections • Summer 2023 Image Article in Fine Books & Collections Willa Cather in … some of her personal novels including O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . 'The land belongs to the future,' said one of the …
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Dane Church
… and when Ondrak heard of the damage, he reportedly cried, "My Yesus! My Yesus! Blown all to hell!" The Dane Church and cemetery … Norwegian cemetery that refuses to bury Mr. Shimerda in My Ántonia ; Francis Sadilek, the prototype for Mr. Shimerda, …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… Hoffschneider, Autumn Wissenburg, and Ella K. Gaskill 2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of … celebrated our 2023 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and National Willa … up, Trinity Houchin (Minden High School). This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is Campbell Collins (Collins …
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John William Boone & Cather
… Boone & Cather "for I shall be the first... " In Cather’s My Ántonia , narrator Jim Burden encounters the ancient Roman … is "On Working the Land." From the Georgics comes the My Ántonia 's epigraph, “Optima dies . . . prima fugit.” The …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center
… Water Image Steriopticon Image Original illustration from My Ántonia The Collections at National Willa Cather Center The …
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Press Room
… public to visit our virtual Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please … that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, …
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