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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about … 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 and emergent scholars and future … 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

… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on … and responsive to the lessons embedded in her novels.” In O Pioneers! , Ryder’s favorite Cather novel, Cather wrote, … Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org or 402-746-2653. …
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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital

… Image New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital …
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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 … 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

… 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: My Ántonia …
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Essay Contest Winners

… as fiercely as if they had never happened before." ~ Willa Cather As we celebrate the 100th publication anniversary of … or Social Studies essays; please consult the contest poster for topics and submission guidelines. Deadline March …
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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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