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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration
… the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather's birth. Cather is one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration
… us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Cather’s story is one defined by a lifetime of determination, struggle, and … groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the …
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How to Tell a War Story: Hemingway and Cather In Conversation
… each other and often did not share artistic sensibilities. One of their most notorious "disagreements," if it can be deemed one when the two parties don't speak to each other, is over Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, One of Ours . Hemingway didn't like Cather's depictions of war, …
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Book Club Resources
… where she baptized her baby. Each site is connected to one of Willa’s works, whether it influenced the landscape or … arrangements for a book club visit to Red Cloud. O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia One of Ours One of Ours A Lost Lady A Lost Lady Lucy Gayheart Lucy …
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Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson
… host this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… editing a modern collection of state contributions: “Eighty-one years ago, on April 19, 1922, The Nation launched a … under the eighth grade: “Miss Cather told her audience that one of the things which retarded art in America was the … with Nebraska that will make her always distinctly “one of ours.” It is fortunate that Nebraska has Willa Cather, the …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… voice and violin arrangement. This aria is indirectly mentioned by Thea in The Song of the Lark , since she often … Gynt” — referencing Norwegian immigrants as in Cather’s O Pioneers! Dvorak’s “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech … Massenet’s “Meditation for Violin from Thais” — One of Ours includes a direct reference to this famous violin …
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Novels
… Please contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information. One of Ours Claude Leaves Nebraska to Go to War "When she can see … War Stories: The Rhetoric of the Great War Explore the One of Ours Collections Group My Ántonia Meet a Heroine in …
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The Bel Canto Duo: Four Cather Tableaux
… of the First Cycle," April Twilights and Other Poems, and One of Ours , publications that defined Willa Cather's 50th year …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… hosts this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most significant and treasured American writers … essays, short stories, and the critically acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My …
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