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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World

… and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her novel My Ántonia.   Now retired, Steve Shively taught English at …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was  My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing … stops include Quebec City and Jaffrey, New Hampshire. “My heart is drawn back there, and Cather loved it too,” …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month

… though, let’s think small. Since we will soon kick off our My Ántonia Big Read activities, let’s start there and focus on the myriad things we’ve learned about the novel—and its … editions of each one, and the artwork that was featured in My Ántonia. All of these publication-related items make up …
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Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood … a Member Become a Member Make A Donation Make A Donation Planned Giving Planned Giving Charitable IRA Rollover Charitable IRA …
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Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda

… a discussion of Svoboda’s answer to Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia ! Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk

… their migration. Like the character she inspired in  My Ántonia , Emily Caroline Smith Cather moved to Nebraska … the Garbers in  A Lost Lady , the Burdens and Miners in  My Ántonia , ​and Dr. Archie in  The Song of the Lark . … as Emmaline Burden, is an important character in  My Ántonia  as the grandmother of the novel's narrator, Jim …
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Reading Willa Cather

… Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , and Death …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers utilitizing archival resources are … text. This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that … does a threshing machine work?" The page below, related to My Ántonia, is an example of an FAQ Sheet exercise. Not only …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short Biography of Willa Cather 1873–1947 Willa Cather was born in Back Creek …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
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