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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 … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational  News from Cather …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… Nebraska’s decision to make it illegal to teach foreign language to students under the eighth grade: “Miss Cather … material she still feels herself flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone. Her girlhood in south central Nebraska, where she …
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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

… to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of … so far—he, who was so afraid of being fooled!" Willa Cather Review , Vol. 63.2 Summer 2022 Telling War Stories: The …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections

… interviews were conducted with Ashley Olson and Tracy Tucker. Andy Jewell, Emily Rau, and Melissa Homestead were …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… interesting dualities. She was intensely engaged with her small hometown, even as she became a traveler of the world; … fine clothes, the fascinating company. The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection contains even more evidence of … patrons would not like. During the sittings, Thérese Bonney photographed Cather and Bakst in the studio, a photo that …
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One of Ours

… Image One of Ours Book Club Resources Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, … 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 … 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 Red … novels to seven, after first being introduced through O Pioneers! He came to the internship upon the recommendation …
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