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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia
… Image Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to … little or great, it belongs to Literature.” If Cather’s My Ántonia has ever teased your mind, the Willa Cather … this novel. 2018 is the centenary of the publication of My Ántonia . To celebrate this anniversary, the Willa …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… in Red Cloud, he is living in the apartment at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, … the setting of that story, whether it’s Hanover, Moonstone, or Black Hawk. I became interested in interning at the … I am focusing on freedom suits in antebellum Washington, D.C.; in other terms, examining the history of enslaved …
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New Book in the bookstore!
… the lumberyard fence, in the 'plate glass' windows of drugstores and grocery stores. My playmates and I used to stand for an hour after …
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Read Across Red Cloud
… every year on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. This year, the Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud Community Schools, Auld Public … celebrate the joy of reading. It is a day for those of us living in the region where Pulitzer Prize winner Willa …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… Image 2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success July 24, 2015 2015 was … very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we celebrated our 60th Spring Conference in …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … This is because Red Cloud is home to the largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and …
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Elderhostel
… and Class discussion : Novels: My Ántonia, A Lost Lady , Death Comes for the Archbishop Short Stories: "A Wagner Matinee," "Neighbour …
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"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"
… Griswold's address, which we excerpt here. Encountering Death Comes for the Archbishop as a teenager whose views of the priesthood "were …
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Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012
… Image Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012 March 6, 2012 The Willa Cather Foundation and Road Scholar are proud to invite you … author Willa Cather. Hosting the nation's largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather …
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From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co.
… the importance of the Red Cloud Opera House to a young Willa Cather. In a 1929 letter to friend and journalist Harvey … Martha, The Mikado. Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." During the restoration of the Red Cloud …
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