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Willa Cather Biography

… of the leading figures of American literary Modernism has only increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa … the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies

… an association copy was owned, at some time, by someone who was “associated” with the book, in a variety of … early journalism, and in her fiction (“Old Mrs. Harris” and One of Ours ). Books owned by people associated with the production …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … whom almost nothing was lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels,  My Antonia . 1882  — Red … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a one-room …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… in partnership with the New York Society Library Special Events Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 | 6 - 8pm The New York Society … to stage and film work, Steve has made appearances with the NYC Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and New Haven Symphony. He …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… Image Willa Cather Image Join us at the Boston Athenaeum Special Events Tuesday, Dec 12, 2023 | 6 - 7pm Boston Athenaeum 10 1/2 Beacon Street … writers of the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Cather’s story is one defined by a lifetime of determination, struggle, and … groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the …
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How to Tell a War Story: Hemingway and Cather In Conversation

… each other and often did not share artistic sensibilities. One of their most notorious "disagreements," if it can be deemed one when the two parties don't speak to each other, is over Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, One of Ours . Hemingway didn't like Cather's depictions of war, …
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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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Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson

… Image Willa Cather, Mary Stuart Masterston, Jeremy Davidson, Hailey McAvoy, Jonathan Lawlor, Nomin … with musical performance Special Events Saturday, Oct 21, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Black Box … of the 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , Death Comes for the …
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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 … plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy pioneers who subdued its frontiers. And her voice, at once …
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