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Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner
… about where I lived,” Karr explained. She has also read O Pioneers! and she has a copy of Sapphira and the Slave Girl … works that inspire her, Karr said, “I love Alexandra in O Pioneers! She’s awesome. She took over after her father’s …
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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 … grew; some of them were as big as little trees, with great rough leaves and many branches which bore dozens of …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural … and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the Opera House, or our conferences. It was …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … This is what scholars should do with knowledge. Part of my response was also due to Red Cloud itself and the … the fellowship and sparked interest that bring Ryder to events like the Spring Conference. “It’s an impetus for …
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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital
… of the 20th century including the novels My Ántonia and O Pioneers! . But the voice of the private Willa Cather tells …
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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 … will celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The … dedicated the the novel), and Cather's letters, a selected volume of which is being published this year. Rowdy …
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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
… Image The Divide In "The Enchanted Bluff" Cather speaks of the "windy … the joyous, young "open face of the country." This is The Divide, so called because that high tableland marks the …
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