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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell

… figured as a clash between compositional integrity and raw, personal emotion. Considering her connection to opera …
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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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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

… the years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … milestones in Red Cloud’s history and connections to Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key …
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Youth and the Bright Medusa

… published in her first book of short fiction, The Troll Garden (1905). However, it makes sense that Cather would …
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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

… In this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most extraordinary heroines. Thea … and piercingly true as the light in a desert canyon, Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her …
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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

… Image Death Comes for the Archbishop Book Club Resources Father Jean Marie Latour is a … of the Nebraska prairies that made Willa Cather famous, Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) features a new …
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