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Willa Cather, American Voice

… with, President of the Board of Governors of the National Willa Cather Center, Peter Cipkowski Special Events Wednesday, Feb … On Wednesday, February 25th, at 6:30pm, Peter Cipkowski, literary historian at UCLA and President of the Board of …
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The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising Star Award

… Star Award to Executive Director Ashley Olson The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising Star Award December 5, … Willa Cather Center for its exemplary contributions to literary and cultural engagement across the state. The …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa … rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  …
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2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced

… Image 2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced Cohort in Residence … Lena Hari . Her short stories have appeared in various literary journals, and her work has been supported by … FarmGirl Press. Her poetry has been published in  Nebraska Life and in a chapbook,  Fencelines (2022). Her writing is …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … being changed by the difficulties and the beauties of the world they must contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The …
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19th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree … anthropology and Cather’s understanding of place Graduate students and scholars new to Cather’s work are encouraged to … infrastructure has appeared in such venues as the Cambridge Companion to the Environmental Humanities , the Oxford …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Image The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image … into the interior design. The hotel's name is a nod to Silas and Lyra Garber, who served as models for Captain and Mrs. …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… The Only Wonderful Things: the Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis , by …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … her family moved to rural Webster County, Nebraska, and later to the town of Red Cloud, where she lived until … personal and cultural environments. While six of Cather’s novels were inspired by her Nebraska experiences, her …
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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, and I'm thrilled that Nebraska will finally have a literary heroine representing our state in the U.S. …
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