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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… and shared that he was currently reading Cather's  The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed  Death Comes for the …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library

… Image Cather included details of "The Grief of the Pasha" in her 1915 novel, The Song of the Lark. Image Willa Cather wrote her name and the year 1882 in this school … called in the last decade or more, is another part of the National Willa Cather Center’s collection of books …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… Image Presented in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue Ames , IA 50010 United States For Further … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … While the reading and understanding of Cather's twelve novels and various other works are the primary attraction, … unconscious. It must, indeed, be a way of living" (78). The Early Years, 1873-1890 Cather was born in Back Creek Valley, …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — Harmony Library 4616 South … and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879  — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was …
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Book Club Resources

… 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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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… recalled. “I was cast in an opera at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and fell in love with it.”  After college, … I thought it was nothing special. I was surrounded by good voices. I had classmates with lovely voices. My mother's family all seemed to have excellent …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration … July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most …
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