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The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey
… exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … courthouse lawn. Habits, rituals and traditions. The same stories remembered and retold. Year after year. Again and … fragmented and rambling as my resignation. Parts and pieces collected over the years, cobbled together, fumbling to make …
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"Books Old and New"
… The NWCC Bookstore features every book written by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other … hired as the magazine's first editor, she was only 22! Clearly her brilliance shone well before she was famous for her novels and short stories. [For more about Cather's …
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Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"
… Saturday, Jun 5, 2021 | 7:30pm In 2021, the National Willa Cather Center commissioned Animal Engine Theatre Company to … the stage that combines the short fiction and serialized novels of Willa Cather into one epic story. When a tomboy … and takes a deep dive into bicycle culture during Cather's early years. It includes the full text of "Tommy, the …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… help us to see these six pieces in a new light, with new meaning and new relevance to our collections. Aside from our … are most interested. By the way will you kindly send me the names of the two friends of Willa Cather with whom I had …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies
… Image Willa Cather's name inside Pilgrim's Progress Annotations … Because six of Cather's twelve novels and many short stories utilized people, places, and events from Red Cloud's early days, many of our collected books could be included in this category. We have, …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Willa Cather … Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather ! This virtual event begins at 7:00 CST. Visitors to Red Cloud are invited … Medusas book bundle option is also available for this event, and the cost includes shipping. Interested in …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings and … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell
… talk about his recent book, Cather and Opera . This virtual event is free but requires registration. Throughout her …
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Alexander's Bridge
… Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious engineer, Bartley … at a book, Alexander’s Bridge is a necessary look into her early writing. Told from a more Eurocentric view than her later novels, this is Cather’s first attempt at long-form fiction …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… she enters the world of formal study in the urban Chicago landscape, her musical parameter shifts to a classic, … Kronborg’s ascent to the height of her musical career. She lands the plum role of Sieglinde in Richard Wagner’s Die … One of Ours. “I wanted my red-headed soldier from a prairie farm to 'get some of his back,' . . . through a fine …
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