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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… 2023 | 7pm Discussion #1: My Ántonia As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to announce a … book on our website. Stay tuned for more information about a special celebration of Taylor's new book on December …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution …
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Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates

… Image Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates April 22, 2021 Thanks to your many generous contributions to our Campaign for the Future , historic site restoration and preservation work has …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… the Table of Contents provides easy access to specific articles and special features of each issue of … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by … Bennett)  AUTHOR: Greg John p. 41  TITLE: A Post-Santa Fe Connection (Sisters of St. Joseph)  AUTHOR: Sister J. Adele …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 artifacts to the Willa Cather Foundation. The state had … 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

… include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923), all of which … well regarded works include The Professor’s House (1925), My Mortal Enemy (1926), Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927), Shadows on …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… nine authors into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Willa Cather is among this prestigious group of seven … made a lasting contribution to literature. A member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, along with a … related to Cather are available; for more information, visit www.WillaCather.org or call 866-731-7304. Other New …
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Music on the Prairie

… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice … Place-Based Identity: A creative-nonfiction workshop focused on connections between self and place With … Artist-in-residency June 2-5, 2011 The 4th annual Prairie Writers’ Workshop will provide participants with the rare …
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I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

… Image I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud August 11, 2021 … short") in the Moonstone Block above the National Willa Cather, and took a guided tour with education coordinator, … Rachel Olsen. "I'm really happy to know that the Willa Cather Center is there," she wrote.  The Willa Cather …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud

… newly restored Pavelka Farmstead . In preparation for their visit, the group read My Ántonia . Education coordinator … book. The retreat culminated in an evening picnic at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie filled with laughter and great … Please contact education coordinator Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org . …
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