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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … , he remembers the story of Mormon settlers, scattering seeds along their trail so others could follow their path to … in areas where hot, dry weather has killed or stunted prairie grasses. Under better conditions, the prairie …
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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 …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 … kindness shown to her as a young scholar that compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather …
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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

… celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The novel … inspired their own work. Cather scholars will explore O Pioneers! , Cather's relationship with her mentor Sarah Orne … Willa Cather Spring Conference "Fortunate Country": O Pioneers! and the Prairie Homestead's Legacy May 30-June 1, …
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Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

… 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

… the 100th publication anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the O Pioneers! Essay Contest. We received a number of excellent … 100th anniversary of the publication of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is offering students …
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The Divide

… 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

… 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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