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Dr. Melissa J. Homestead in Conversation with Alex Ross
… Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis Dr. Melissa Homestead in Conversation … music critic Alex Ross of The New Yorker will discuss her book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , set for release on April 1, 2021. While ample scholarship on …
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Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters … to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, and … Ferris Greenslet, that she is at work on not one, but two books. One of those was a return to the Blue Mesa story, …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … the Willa Cather Foundation since 2017. How did your skill set prepare you for your work here, and were you always a … traveling, making playlists, and cooking. If I can swing a book or two outside of my reading load for work, so much the …
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Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… 13-14 7-9 pm Rehearsals begin on the 15th, and will take place Monday-Friday at the Opera House from 7-9:30 pm, … Web: www.apandrewsplays.com Synopsis: The Hawkins family home has burnt down- and that’s not all. Ethel Hawkins is … her way to college in the city. During her last summer at home, she falls for a local farm boy, causing her life to …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration … Tracy Tucker says. “We’d love to see people read the book again during the centenary year and explore the many … and teaching strategies. Teachers who lack classroom sets of My Ántonia are especially encouraged to contact us. …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first … at the same time we work with local artists to give these books something fresh and unique. The independent publishing … in this country, so it’s not like we have a muff in our closets. And because languages tend to be economical, when you …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … What brought you to Willa Cather and what was the first book of hers that you read? Any favorites? In 1970, my path … colors. The pathos and juxtaposition of the vast prairie set against the bodies of young lovers. The struggle of …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… Art in Winston-Salem. Those paintings, and that preserved home, gave me lots of vital clues about how people in … visual images. Cather writes with very concrete details of place and time—carriages, streets, furniture. She gives you … the clothes they wear and the art they have in their homes. Her writing also utilizes very cinematic, dramatic …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… July 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we … Institute of Chicago, just as Cather describes it in her book. UNL’s Cather Project, in coordination with the Sheldon … The performance, with its dramatic lighting and minimal set design, showcased the music of Franz Schubert, Sir …
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Prairie Writers' Workshop
… look at art and design in Nebraska narratives. The Willa Cather Foundation would like to invite you to attend this … composition. He has written three novels, all of which are set in Nebraska. His first novel, The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters , won the Nebraska Book Award for fiction. The second novel, The Singing and …
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