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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell

… Online Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay Powell … is free but requires registration.  Throughout her fiction, Willa Cather mentioned forty-seven operas. References to …
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Novels

… Novels If you are an educator and would like to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your … Wild Land "Bergson had spent his first five years on the Divide getting into debt, and the last six getting out. He …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … that will highlight connections to Red Cloud’s history and Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… or Heritage Tourism Development Director, Jarrod McCartney, at jmccartney@redcloudnebraska.com . Photo … Committee), Jay Yost (Heritage Tourism Advisory Committee), Jarrod McCartney (Heritage Tourism Development Director), …
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Youth and the Bright Medusa

… is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The Troll Garden (1905). However, it makes sense that Cather would place these short stories next to each other. …
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The Professor's House

… over the course of a few years, is an excellent example of Cather’s ability to use complex structures and a simplistic but powerful narrative. Cather is selective in her descriptions and the characters … fill in the gaps.  The Professor's House  is a true show of Willa Cather's skill as an accomplished writer. Download …
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Dane Church

… cemetery are known locally as the Dane Church. During Cather's time in the area, the church hired a Czech … Ondrak to paint an altarpiece, "Christ in the Garden." When Willa Cather took her father to see it, Charles Cather observed …
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The Song of the Lark

… Image Vintage cover of The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark Book Club Resources In this powerful …
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One of Ours

… been searching for all his life. In  One of Ours  (1922) Willa Cather explores the destiny of a grandchild of the pioneers, …
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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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