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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… Exploring the museum exhibits: Paul Giamatti with Director of Education Rachel Olsen Image Picnic on the Prairie: … 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 …
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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
… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … her first book, April Twilights and Other Poems . Some, A Lost Lady in 1923, parts of The Professor's House in 1925, …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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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, … 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
… The Professor's House The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… Image Sarah as Constanza from Mozart’s Abduction of the Seraglio A Visit with Sarah … Gynt” — referencing Norwegian immigrants as in Cather’s O Pioneers! Dvorak’s “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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