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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus December 21, 2020 Willa … in the West; she not very far above the horizon, and he about mid-way between the zenith and the silvery lady …
Posted: 12/21/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… Prairie Vista that was donated following a 2004 artist residency still hangs prominently in the Foundation’s …
Posted: 07/21/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

… Image Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021 August 16, 2021 For many of us in the Cather community, a trip to Red Cloud wasn't complete … grandmother's memory. She spent decades talking in schools about her grandmother's friendship with Willa Cather; she …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … find a community of artistic people from all over the world living in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and mom and …
Posted: 03/24/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner

… about where I lived,” Karr explained. She has also read O Pioneers!  and she has a copy of Sapphira and the Slave Girl … works that inspire her, Karr said, “I love Alexandra in O Pioneers! She’s awesome. She took over after her father’s …
Posted: 09/24/2019
Last Updated: 09/26/2019

Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … a choice as it might first seem: Ryder speaks convincingly about the classical foundation found in Cather’s work, …
Posted: 05/24/2017
Last Updated: 06/28/2017

"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… based on Cather's Nebraska story, " The Bohemian Girl . " O Pioneers! and " The Bohemian Girl " will be the featured … minutes. The featured texts for this conference will be O Pioneers! and "The Bohemian Girl," but papers addressing … as in Shadows on the Rock or Marie's career in O Pioneers ! Also the tyranny of domestic culture, especially …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… every day is Ask-An-Archivist Day. Below, our archivist, Tracy Sanford Tucker, answers the questions she gets most often. How do …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

Image Harris (right) enjoys a beverage with Bob Thacker & Mark Madigan at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift Inspired by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not have been Richard …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Echoes of the Archbishop

Image Willa Cather at Mesa Verde Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe. Image San Miguel Church Santa Fe Through Cather's Eyes Special Events Sunday, Nov 9 - Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 | All day MT Inn of the Governors 101 West Alameda Street Santa …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

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