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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"

… Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024   Today is … than meat and flour."  —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a complete reprint … those that have been tested and tried." Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New …
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Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

… 2021, the National Willa Cather Center commissioned Animal Engine Theatre Company to create Henrietta Solway , a …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… and reappraise many of the objects acquired when the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial was a nebulous new idea, yet to be … Howard Pyle, the illustrator who had so inspired Willa Cather as a child. Though the Reynard paintings hold a …  (1966) recalled that afternoon, and posthumously, the  Prairie Schooner  published an expanded version under the …
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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 … , and Bellow’s  There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction , also a  New   York Times  Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag,  Debriefing , was published by …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… fifty miles deep into the Webster County countryside, and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: … Education Director, Tracy Tucker, who shares her beautiful images and informative narration. Our longer version, with …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell

… Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay Powell … References to opera appear in all but three of her twelve novels and in roughly half of her short stories. Despite a … the two women frequently visited the theater, even in the early days, when purchasing tickets to attend performances …
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Alexander's Bridge

… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious engineer, … made.  Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be considered her first real attempt at a book, …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing

… Schumann-Heink, so her performance of “Wiegenlied” was chosen for this list.  Novel's Progression Brings Music to …
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