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Willa Cather Biography
… Image Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … the book that essay was extended into, Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism in 2000. Critical interest proceeds unabated …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month
… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should …
Posted: 03/30/2020
Last Updated: 04/01/2020
Finding Aids
… in Red Cloud, Nebraska Subjects: settlement Willa Cather Silas Garber agriculture Webster County history Pittsburg history …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/27/2023
Organization History
… Willa Cather Memorial against the flowing years, last we forget the precious heritage that is ours through her. Here … destinations to explore Cather's life, writing, and times. Get Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Life & Literature
… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Life & … Center, New Hampshire. Her domestic partner, Edith Lewis, selected her final resting place and designed her tombstone, … , and a large body of nonfiction, journalism, speeches, and letters. Critical Biography Bibliography Honors & …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 | 7pm Discussion #3: The Professor's House As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to … This study in the series will focus on The Professor's House , a novel that showcases Cather's evolution as an …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Virtual Author Series: Dr. Kelsey Squire
… we sit down with Dr. Kelsey Squire to talk about teaching Willa Cather! Author of the book, Willa Cather: The Critical Conversation , Squire will discuss her book as well as how to incorporate biography and issues surrounding history, race, and gender …
Posted: 04/12/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Spring Conference Banquet and 'A Little Pleasure'
… Conference Saturday, Jun 1, 2019 | 6:30 - 8:30pm National Willa Cather Center 425 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … by Julia Hinson from Cather’s short fiction, criticism, and biography. This new work is a narrative adaptation of … of Wagner, but the action of the story is halted as Willa Cather herself arrives to watch the show! Both …
Posted: 05/16/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to conclude a … scheduled in anticipation of the publication of his new biography, Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather . …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… think Thornton Oakley is a really big man. He once did some wonderful things of Pittsburgh and the mills. He’s never commonplace.” … themselves, but Melissa Homestead, in her recent book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023