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Pavelka Farmstead
… Pavelka Farmstead “We turned to leave the cave; Antonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … of life out of the dark cave into the sunlight.” — My Ántonia The Pavelka Farmstead and the fruit cave described in My Antonia , from which the children emerged in a burst of …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
Image Sarah as Constanza from Mozart’s Abduction of the Seraglio A Visit with Sarah Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud and has returned many times to visit—and to perform. In this …
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Novels
… to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of … her heart, was it, or under her cheek? Anyhow, it was about her somewhere, that warm sureness, that sturdy little …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
Image Image Benjamin Taylor Image Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Discussion #3: The Professor's House Special Events Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Register Online Now Discussion #3: The Professor's House As part of National Willa Cather Center's …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… some of her personal novels including O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . 'The land belongs to the future,' said one of …
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Dane Church
… and when Ondrak heard of the damage, he reportedly cried, "My Yesus! My Yesus! Blown all to hell!" The Dane Church and cemetery … Norwegian cemetery that refuses to bury Mr. Shimerda in My Ántonia ; Francis Sadilek, the prototype for Mr. …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… Pursuit of Humanities Degrees Awarded at our 68th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference July 7, 2023 On Friday, June 2, we … pursuing a higher education degree. For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact director of …
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John William Boone & Cather
… Boone & Cather "for I shall be the first... " In Cather’s My Ántonia , narrator Jim Burden encounters the ancient … is "On Working the Land." From the Georgics comes the My Ántonia 's epigraph, “Optima dies . . . prima fugit.” The … a 1918 review for The Dial , Randolph Bourne writes of My Ántonia , “Here at last is an American novel, redolent …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center
Image Annotations from the Archive: Cather in Santa Fe Image A 1909 Omaha Bee advertisement for Apollinaris Water Image Steriopticon Image Original illustration from My Ántonia The Collections at National Willa Cather Center The National Willa Cather …
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