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Death Comes for the Archbishop
… Catholicism. Instead of the Nebraska prairies that made Willa Cather famous, Death Comes for the Archbishop … theme – Catholicism. Many critics hail this novel as one of Cather’s best and most well-structured narratives which …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… Southeast High School); runner up, Ava Hoffschneider (Pius X High School); and second runner up, Trinity Houchin … Cather did. Scholarships awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $200,000 and have … pursuing a higher education degree. For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact director of …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… Thursday, Aug 17, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Register Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne … England Review, The Normal School, Passages North, Poetry Foundation, The Rumpus, Southeast Review, Terrain , and …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty
… Thursday, Oct 12, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Register Online Now Help us welcome Tracy Daugherty as he discusses his book 148 … by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About the Author Tracy Daugherty was born and raised in … journals. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Bread Loaf, …
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My Ántonia
… symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning heroines in American … undemonstrative strength make her emblematic of the virtues Cather most admired in her country. We first meet Antonia …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library
… of the Auld Library and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; … the family's involvement with the Auld Library, and from Willa's own writing, just how much the Cather family valued …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… As an intern, Nolan is helping out guests by working in the bookstore and giving town tours around Red Cloud, as well as … for the website and in the archives, including some book club resources and a finding aid for the Southwick … program, read here or contact Rachel Olson, director of education and engagement, at rolson@willacather.org • The …
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Historian Hugh Ryan
… Willa Cather’s New York City in a Time of Transition” Join us at the 18th International Willa Cather Seminar for this free and engaging talk about the Greenwich Village surroundings that harbored and … well as the 2022 Warren Johansson Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. The 18th International Cather Seminar is a …
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Authors Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall
… United States '"Raw and relentless/gaudy and extravagant": Willa Cather's New York' Join us at the 18th International Willa … in New York for this free program at The New School, with authors Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall, who will …
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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… Hours" Image Carved in Linden Image "Taking Flight" Art Gallery Tuesday, May 16 - Saturday, Jul 15, 2023 | All day … in Red Cloud will be a celebration of 150 years of Willa Cather’s life and work. As part of that celebration, we will …
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