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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie Writers' Workshop for beginning, aspiring, or experienced …
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2013 Spring Conference

… celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The novel … inspired their own work. Cather scholars will explore O Pioneers! , Cather's relationship with her mentor Sarah Orne … Willa Cather Spring Conference "Fortunate Country": O Pioneers! and the Prairie Homestead's Legacy May 30-June 1, …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska

… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and … this beautiful, brick street town. Click here to learn more about Red Cloud. Click here to search past issues of the Red …
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Celebrate Cather's Birthday!

… Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st … American culture and raising some financial support for her Foundation, would you consider hosting a party in her honor? …
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New Collection of Letters

… illnesses and deaths, sharing small jokes, and expressing support. "I'm just terribly sorry—" Cather writes after … "After almost seventy years, our family is pleased to donate this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return to their …
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Woodress Research Scholars Grant

… Image Woodress Research Scholars Grant October 6, 2014 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln … for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in Nebraska and at UNL. … August 31, 2015. The Cather Project will assist with advice about travel, lodging, and a trip to the Willa Cather …
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New Addition to the Archive

… Image New Addition to the Archive October 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation has recently received a fascinating letter … "must, I think, have a very keen and definite feeling about it, but it almost hopeless to try to communicate it to …
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Barbara and Kern Wisman of Jerusalem

… 11, 2009 Barbara and Kern Wisman of Jerusalem, Israel talk about their visit to the Willa Cather Foundation. For more information about Cather tours …
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Joy

… House Gallery in June, as a part of the annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, scheduled for June 5-6-7. (See the 2008 Spring Conference Schedule at www.willacather.org .) Joy is …
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Photography Contest

… whose Material Culture exhibit stole the show at the 2007 Spring Conference; Red Cloud native, Jeff Haller, a widely …
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