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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… periods in American history.” She continued, “The sites and collections that make up the National Willa Cather Center in … be able to travel back in time to hear the ‘nimble air’ and learn from Willa Cather’s example for many generations to …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… wrote prolifically; her later works include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… Image Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame March 21, 2011 Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame … drew on her own experiences of growing up on the frontier prairies of Nebraska. But Cather was born in Virginia, lived …
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Music on the Prairie

… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice … prairie that affected her youth. This summer, the Willa Cather Foundation will provide two special opportunities for …
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I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

… "relied on her for the courage" to write her 2019 memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country  [W.W. Norton]. Houston …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud

… Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud October 20, 2021 A group of longtime writers arrived in Red Cloud and the … Farmstead . In preparation for their visit, the group read My Ántonia . Education coordinator Rachel Olsen joined the …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” … from the National Willa Cather Center donated copies of My Ántonia and Willa: The Story of Willa Cather, an American …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come … and friends and to “get out among the folk who like me for myself,” as she said in a 1921 interview. "The ideas for all … over our heads making slow shadows on the grass. . . ." —My Ántonia For more about the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center March 25, … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… her formative years—six historic properties and supporting collections will be transferred to the Willa Cather … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic … to the Cather family, as well as furnishings, family book collections, and other possessions. Ashley Olson, Executive …
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