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Youth and the Bright Medusa
… of succinct yet powerful questions about the true function of art and the loss of youth. Download Discussion …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… Schumann-Heink, so her performance of “Wiegenlied” was chosen for this list. Novel's Progression Brings Music to …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Dr. Melissa J. Homestead in Conversation with Alex Ross
… Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis Dr. Melissa Homestead in Conversation … music critic Alex Ross of The New Yorker will discuss her book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , set for release on April 1, 2021. While ample scholarship on …
Posted: 02/03/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters … to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, and … Ferris Greenslet, that she is at work on not one, but two books. One of those was a return to the Blue Mesa story, …
Posted: 09/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … the Willa Cather Foundation since 2017. How did your skill set prepare you for your work here, and were you always a … traveling, making playlists, and cooking. If I can swing a book or two outside of my reading load for work, so much the …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… two weeks before at almost every rehearsal- needed on book and for backstage cueing before each show. For more … may have burned out, but another is just getting started. Set amidst the volatile, mood-altering, ever-changing … time, have a meal, sign some autographs, and take the “Cather Tour” but the Mayor and local Big Shots want to have …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Image Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa …
Posted: 12/20/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… energetic forces behind a new independent publisher, Ponto Edita , in São Paulo, Brazil. Tamboni studied translation … a branch of linguistics, at Unibero. Protásio, editor of Uma mulher perdida , has a PhD degree in … the Brazilian publishing market for ten years before Ponto Edita, and has taught translation courses. Their inaugural …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … What brought you to Willa Cather and what was the first book of hers that you read? Any favorites? In 1970, my path … colors. The pathos and juxtaposition of the vast prairie set against the bodies of young lovers. The struggle of …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 07/07/2021
Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa, Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first … Public Libary and checked out YBM . I think I had the book checked out continuously from November 2019 to May … and the Bright Medusa on our website HERE and a complete set of eight, enlarged limited edition giclee prints from …
Posted: 09/23/2020
Last Updated: 09/24/2020