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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, her birth home, a rural … remains a testament to the humble, rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career and introduce … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. … and Creative Writing. Her passions for poetry, nature, and music drive her to create a better world for herself and … and the presence of reading and readers within Cather’s fiction and letters.  The directors invite papers on a …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … Willa Cather Childhood Home reopened for tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The … and extensive repairs to the windows and doors sealed the building envelope, which will limit exposure to the elements …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … of the novel Woman of Light and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina & Corina , a finalist for the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character … (v). As she would later write of Clement Sebastian in  Lucy Gayheart , Cather was herself "nearing fifty" (78) and … the characters of the early  The Song of the Lark  to make  Lucy Gayheart —there, Lucy's talents and personal …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Cloud. Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, and Willa’s cousins … and vivisection. At the Opera House, she and the Miner girls perform  Beauty and the Beast  to "benefit the poor." … of Michigan. Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, the Cather’s hired girl from Virginia, dies and is buried in the Cather …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. 1  Notable Comments p. 2  WCPM … Displays p. 1  New Equipment Renovation p. 2  Research Center p. 2  Interest in Cather p. 2  Willa Cather Merit …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Cather , Red Cloud, NE: a special Red Cloud Opera House Gallery exhibit of international works honoring the birth …
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