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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the … Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolarus . Mormon pioneers described finding sage and sunflowers in 1850s Utah …
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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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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather Legacy … “The scholars were kind to each other, non-competitive, supportive of young scholars, and receptive. This is what … she wanted her legacy to include an organization that supported her as a young, budding scholar, and through its …
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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital
… fiction of the 20th century including the novels My Ántonia and O Pioneers! . But the voice of the private Willa … Janis Stout, the NET project includes original video, audio, photography, and commentary. The voice of Willa …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … Cather's Poems, now in preparation, will be among the last volumes published in that series by the University of … be sent by February 15, 2012 to: Robert Thacker Canadian Studies Program St. Lawrence University Canton, New York …
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2013 Spring Conference
… Image 2013 Spring Conference June 5, 2012 "We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who … celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The novel …
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Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge
… Image Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge December 29, 2011 The Willa Cather Foundation is excited to promote continued reading of … List: January: Alexander's Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: …
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Essay Contest Winners
… Image Essay Contest Winners September 17, 2012 "There are only two or three human stories, and they go … the 100th publication anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is proud to announce …
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The Divide
… Image The Divide In "The Enchanted Bluff" Cather speaks of the "windy plain that was all windmills and cornfields and big pastures." In O Pioneers! she mentions the furrows that "often lie a mile in …
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Clay Shelving Draws
… Image Clay Shelving Draws “But for the piece of rusty stovepipe sticking up through the sod, you could … the coyote that had lived there before him had done.” —O Pioneers! Clay draws are examples of land formations used to …
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