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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the National Willa Cather Center, author Will Fellows is working to bring forth … that preserves and interprets that world for those of us living today, Fellows considers Mildred Bennett to be a …
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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia

… Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to Willa Cather that “the thing that teases the mind over and over … each of its 2018 issues to this iconic work, to its living appeal, and to its inexhaustibility as a leading …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young … to do), but I would say my favorite book is tied between O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark . The former because …
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New Book in the bookstore!

… new economic and cultural life to those same communities.” Willa Cather herself was a champion of the opera house. In a … Martha, The Mikado. Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." Ann Satterthwaite is a city planner in …
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Read Across Red Cloud

… every year on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. This year, the Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud Community Schools, Auld Public … celebrate the joy of reading. It is a day for those of us living in the region where Pulitzer Prize winner Willa …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success

… Success July 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we … Daniel Martinez, a Peruvian guitarist and song-writer, now living and working in Lincoln, Nebraska. Martinez showcased …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska

… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … This is because Red Cloud is home to the largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and …
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Elderhostel

… Image Elderhostel March 25, 2009 Red Cloud:  Willa Cather's Window to the World June 15-19, 2009 Hosting the nation's largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather …
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"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

… XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses the Cather Spring Conference. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Willa Cather is partly responsible for my choosing the path … mentor, Sarah Orne Jewett: "The 'Pointed Fir' sketches are living things caught in the open, with light and freedom and …
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Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012

… Image Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012 March 6, 2012 The Willa Cather Foundation and Road Scholar are proud to invite you … author Willa Cather. Hosting the nation's largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather …
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