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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!

… Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of writer Willa Cather in Red … Center. [Both are bookable via Airbnb from our website.] 3. Learn More About Willa Cather's life and times American … the setting of the last beautiful and poignant chapter of My Àntonia . 7. Read Willa Cather's novel, A Lost Lady   …
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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 … scheduled in anticipation of the publication of his new biography, Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather. …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation …
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Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates

… contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at 402-746-2653 or aolson@willacather.org . Link  HERE  for more site work … was home to Anna Sadilek Pavelka, prototype for Cather's Ántonia. Restoration will make it available for guided tours …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of … 1961 p. 1  Notes on the Financial Report p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… transferred ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 artifacts to the Willa Cather Foundation. The … and historian David McCullough noted, “The marvelous thing about going to Red Cloud, Nebraska, is you can walk right … a 1:1 match in nonfederal funds. Gifts of all sizes are welcome. To donate, send your contribution, clearly labeled …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… purchased from Cather Books & Gifts by calling 402-746-2653 or online at www.WillaCather.org. Willa Cather has been … include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923), all of which …
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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 … devoted to one author in the United States. Both town and country tours of sites related to Cather are available; for more …
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Music on the Prairie

… between self and place With Angela L. Glover, Artist-in-residency June 2-5, 2011 The 4th annual Prairie Writers’ … L. Glover of Simpson College will serve as the artist-in-residency for this year’s event. Three-hour classes will be held daily throughout the residency and writers will be encouraged to visit the Willa …
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I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

… highway for a stay on the way home—"the prairie might be my favorite landscape of all," Houston said. She teaches … Houston also wrote the short story collection  Cowboys Are My Weakness , and many other books published by W.W. Norton, … read (nearly) all of Willa Cather’s books, have taught My Ántonia ,  The Song of the Lark and Death Comes for the …
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