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60th Annual Spring Conference to be held in Red Cloud

… June 5-7, 2015, celebrating groundbreaking of the National Willa Cather Center, the Willa Cather Foundation’s 60th year, and … focus on the novel and on the arts that influenced Cather’s writing. Richard Norton Smith is an author, historian, and a …
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I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

… her time here. She and her husband stayed at the Villa Willa ("too short") in the Moonstone Block above the National Willa Cather, and took a guided tour with education coordinator, …  and at U.C. Davis, and directs the literary nonprofit,  Writing by Writers . She lives in Colorado near the …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud

… search of inspiration and rejuvenation. Farther Along: The Writing Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers took in all that Cather country has to offer, including tours , a weeklong … book. The retreat culminated in an evening picnic at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie filled with laughter and great …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and go, but the land is … backdrop and omniscient character in some of Cather’s writing—it also shaped her very soul. She said of her love …
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Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!

… help educators teach students about Willa Cather. The new educational resources our interns create will cover topics related to … medieval and early modern history, and he looks forward to learning and immersing in Willa Cather’s literature and ties …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 … courses. Their inaugural June 2019 publication of A Lost Lady in Brazilian Portuguese, Uma mulher perdida , has …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… in our archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the … involvement at UNL is as a consultant and fellow at the writing center, where I have worked for the past two years. …
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Humanities Nebraska Sponsors Free Spring Conference Events

… Free Spring Conference Events May 24, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center will host its 66th annual Spring Conference … directly answers the question: how does Cather's life and writing relate to our shared experience today? REGISTER FOR …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by noted Nebraska artist Allan Tubach, … in 2005. “I was at Allan’s house, and he knew I liked Willa Cather, and I said, 'Gee, I just have to have that … patron, and a mutual love of Nebraska and Willa Cather’s writing, Willa’s Windows has found its way to Red Cloud. …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… Photographer, and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … that her decision “came from a love for Willa Cather’s writing” as well as “my family’s history with Cather and the …
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