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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… One of Ours . She won the William Dean Howells Medal for Death Comes for the Archbishop and the Prix Femina Américain for Shadows on the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … of those genius children—a show-off, an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the … cultural scene. She attended live performances, wrote criticism for concerts and the dramatic arts for  Pittsburgh …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… Image The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Image Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture Third … , MA 01240 United States PURCHASE TICKETS The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with The Mount , … times. Cipkowski's lecture will explore Cather’s turbulent biography and uniquely American voice, which set a new …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This …
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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 …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should enjoy this opportunity to hear her poetry and learn about the creative energy behind it.” Marketing …
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Finding Aids

… 1899 To Mother, March 21, 1900 W.S.C. Cather, Willa My Ántonia 1918 n/a Catallus Selected Poems of Catallus 1910 …  Toho University Goichi Fukui 1979 Article Tx-50-4000-F32 "Remembering Willa Cather" in  Woman's Press Lorna R. R. … My Mortal Enemy Willa Cather 1926     Book  BK-207-037 My Ántonia (Tauchnitz Edition) Willa Cather 1935     Book …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source.  The closest … Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … understand shaped the world we are living in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains … Blind d’Arnault. It utilizes archival imagery and artist biography to inspire patrons to grapple with larger …
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