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Willa Cather Biography
… Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering, O Pioneers! and My Á ntonia , but … other places found there too: the desert southwest of The Song of the Lark , The Professor's House , and Death Comes …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration
… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
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
Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , and a quiet stay in the … the adaption of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Adams . …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Jeremiah Smith 1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field … Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln 1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… biography, and criticism, and we are honored to welcome professors Melissa Homestead, Julie Olin-Ammentorp, and … in May 2020. His previous memoir, The Hue and Cry at Our House , received the 2018 Los Angeles Times/Christopher … Willa Cather: The Critical Conversation (2020, Camden House). Her work on Cather has appeared in Great Plains …
Posted: 10/04/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023
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 … Edward F. Albee Foundation. Chasing Bright Medusas , his biography of Willa Cather, is due from Viking Press in 2023. …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… "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 efforts to … third study in this series will focus on The Professor's House , a novel that showcases Cather's evolution as an …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 08/08/2023
Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings
… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the … 2023 As has been noted so often before, there exists within Willa Cather so many interesting dualities. She was … afforded her—the fine clothes, the fascinating company. The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection contains even more …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023
Organization History
… after Cather’s death, Bennett became fascinated by people, events, and historic sites in and around Red Cloud and … of her short stories. For the first twenty-five years of operations, the Foundation amassed a large museum collection … the novel My Ántonia the Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a pair of stained-glass windows donated by Cather in …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023