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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… National Willa Cather Center. Hear an excerpt from Taylor's new book, followed by what is sure to be an engaging talk … Times/Christopher Isherwood Prize and was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice; his Proust: The Search was … York Times Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag, Debriefing , was published by …
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Book Club Resources
… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can … special arrangements for a book club visit to Red Cloud. O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Image Front cover of the September 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” … plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy pioneers who subdued its frontiers. And her voice, at once …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell
… Online Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay Powell … a dearth of musical education, Cather produced astute writing about the genre beginning in her earliest criticism …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … to Red Cloud’s history and Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for the National …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… the years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … Cloud’s history and connections to Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for the National …
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The Professor's House
… old house. It contains his study where he does all of his writing for his historical books, but it also is the place … over the course of a few years, is an excellent example of Cather’s ability to use complex structures and a simplistic … fill in the gaps. The Professor's House is a true show of Willa Cather's skill as an accomplished writer. Download …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free … journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from California State University-Fresno and a PhD in …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty
… Street. This novel explores the friendship between Willa Cather and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant. Two different writers … personal essays, a collection of essays on literature and writing, as well as biographies of Donald Barthelme, Joseph …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library
… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
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