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My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel
… Image Willa Cather Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events Saturday, … its publication and a novel that is part of today’s literary canon, My Ántonia’s worldwide appeal is … migration and colonialism, class divisions and labor, rural life and landscapes, and the #MeToo movement. Olson’s …
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Internships
… Humanities Internship Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center Funded through a collaboration between the … a variety of programs that encourage Cather studies and literary, historical, and cultural inquiry among a broad and …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … Documentary! This short film chronicles Cather’s pursuit of literary acclaim alongside the creation and unveiling of her …
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"Books Old and New"
… by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other books, too. Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old … the earth over again, we turn instinctively to our very old friends, those that have been tested and tried." Books Old …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies
… book A recently acquired book was owned by the printer of Obscure Destinies. The book is inscribed to George Stimson by Willa …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm … , and Bellow’s There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction , also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag, Debriefing , was published by …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years Cather's essay for the Nation still resonates September 5, … than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.” [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Waller … on the map” as Babbit would glibly phrase it. It would be literary sacrilege to speak of so fine a composition in the …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty
… Street. This novel explores the friendship between Willa Cather and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant. Two different writers … of English and Creative Writing, Emeritus. In 2018, Literary Arts awarded him and his wife, Marjorie Sandor, the …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library
… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … Double Major, she has an interest in creative writing, literary studies and indigenous studies. Lucy became …
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