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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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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!

… between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … who care about the ongoing impact of Willa Cather and her writing. Although I have only been introduced to Cather in …
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Authors Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall

… United States '"Raw and relentless/gaudy and extravagant": Willa Cather's New York' Join us at the  18th International Willa … arts critic for  Newsweek  and the  New York Times . Her writing has appeared in, among other publications,  Vogue ,  …
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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit

… in Red Cloud will be a celebration of 150 years of Willa Cather’s life and work. As part of that celebration, we will … and Brilliant: Cather at 150,” will focus on Cather’s writing and enduring legacy as one of the most important …
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