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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image Kick-Off Event Special Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N … student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… 1. In addition to program notes on selections related to Cather’s works, this recent interview reveals more about Red … the farm in 1871 and the family were among the first settlers in Red Cloud. She recalls that she rode her pony to … voice. She is a brilliant and talented young woman. Her new book, coauthored with Janie Chang, is called The Phoenix …
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Youth and the Bright Medusa
… Image Youth and the Bright Medusa Book Club Resources Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The stories also take a hard glance at youth and time. Set largely in urban areas, this collection has a distinctly …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… Image Music in Willa Cather's Writing While not a musician herself, Willa Cather … to the Knowes” light the way for Cather’s epilogue, again set in Moonstone. These, along with a final folk ballad may … during World War I. One of Ours is divided into five books, with music conspicuously absent from the first three, …
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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"
… two weeks before at almost every rehearsal- needed on book and for backstage cueing before each show. For more … may have burned out, but another is just getting started. Set amidst the volatile, mood-altering, ever-changing … time, have a meal, sign some autographs, and take the “Cather Tour” but the Mayor and local Big Shots want to have …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Image Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation … closely with Vintage Books as they release a special 100th anniversary edition of the novel, featuring the W.T. …
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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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