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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… think with your heart and feel with your head. When I write my scenes I try hard to progress not from one thought to … of Czechoslovakia, that she had recently taken "the living 'Antonia' and six of her many fine children to the first … A LOST LADY: "There was nothing subtle about it, including my performance." She recalled that the director, Harry …
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An Evening With Willa Cather
… the early 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … of sharing a good book. For residents of the Great Plains, My Ántonia embodies the NEA’s "Where We Live" theme. The … from Bohemia (the Czech Republic today) in 1880. While My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Public Libraries, Weymouth, MA Oct 29 — Willa Cather and Material Culture Exhibit Opening Reception & Willa Cather …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While …
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Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska
… immigrants to the United States would hurt the economy. Cather grew up around many different cultures and … designed around a single NEA Big Read book. Cather’s My Ántonia was among the 50 titles selected for the 2024 NEA …
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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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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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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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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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