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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Image Front cover of the September 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: The End of the First … plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy pioneers who subdued its frontiers. And her voice, at once …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… Image Sarah as Constanza from Mozart’s Abduction of the Seraglio A Visit … Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud and has … Gynt” — referencing Norwegian immigrants as in Cather’s O Pioneers! Dvorak’s “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech …
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Novels
… Novels If you are an educator and would like to contribute a … Cather's Red Cloud for your group. Please contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information. One of Ours Claude Leaves … Document The Song of the Lark Review Questions 137.76 KB O Pioneers! Alexandra Tames the Wild Land "Bergson had spent …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT Image Cather at 150 Symphony Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events … American West with a singular voice in her body of poems, essays, short stories, and the critically acclaimed novels … One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short fiction in …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… Image Fine Books & Collections • Summer 2023 Image Article in Fine Books & Collections Willa Cather … Nebraska inspired some of her personal novels including O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . 'The land belongs to the future,' …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings
… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings August 1, 2023 As has been noted so … she often saved and sent home clippings for friends and family. Occasionally, Cather adds a handwritten note to …
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One of Ours
… Image One of Ours Book Club Resources Claude Wheeler, the … he has been searching for all his life. In One of Ours (1922) Willa Cather explores the destiny of a grandchild of the pioneers, a young Nebraskan whose yearnings impel him toward …
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Alexander's Bridge
… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious engineer, … made. Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be considered her first real attempt at a book, …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… Image Nolan Bennett Image Lucy Koenig Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns! Spending their summers with us in … novels to seven, after first being introduced through O Pioneers! He came to the internship upon the recommendation …
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