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Guided Willa Cather Tours

… The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open for guided tours year-round. Four of the historic sites are fully accessible to those with limited mobility. … of Willa Cather and the Great Plains.   Come witness the sites and sounds that changed American literature. The …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2026

2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced

… Image 2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced Cohort in Residence October 5-19 June 17, 2025 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce members of the … the Residency   MFC Feeley MFC Feeley is a fiction writer living in Fairbanks, Alaska. She enjoys stripping classic …
Posted: 06/17/2025
Last Updated: 09/30/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather … and readers theater featuring selections from Cather's fiction and correspondence Your complimentary tickets to the … and Creative Writing. Her passions for poetry, nature, and music drive her to create a better world for herself and …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… a trip to Red Cloud, Nebraska for the Willa Cather Spring Conference. And while he maintained a rather private …
Posted: 04/10/2025
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… plan ahead, watch the skies, and stay safe while you visit! Guided tours of the prairie are available by pre-arrangement. Please call our office to arrange your visit. The prairie is open for self-guiding year round. … park rules during your visit. Download the Prairie Brochure Book a Tour   Image Image Image Image Can't visit in person? …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Peck Image Star Gazing at the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference With Garrett Peck Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 5, 2025 | 9 - 10pm CT Willa …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/22/2025

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … list.  Utopian Vistas: the Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture , by Lois Palken Rudnick.  pp. 3-68, …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… . After the publication of her first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , Cather left the magazine to focus full-time on her …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol First Pulitzer Prize Winner and Twelfth Woman in the …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… a writer; she enjoyed sharing her book recommendations with friends, and she was pleased by hearing the comments of her own readers. From an early age, she established her …   writes, "The novel reminded me of my insatiable childhood reading habits...Cather had awoken in me a type of …
Posted: 09/21/2023
Last Updated: 06/06/2024

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