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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
… president awards Rising Star Award to Executive Director Ashley Olson The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation … stabilization and eventual restoration and programming. ABOUT THE BIRTHPLACE The Cather birthplace remains a …
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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 … Quarterly , Jellyfish Review , Pulp Literature , and others. She holds an MFA from the University of Alaska. …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … will begin Thursday, June 5th with a plenary talk about Cather and Mesa Verde by interpretive ranger Ann … as well as the return of the popular star-gazing on the prairie program that evening. Pulitzer Prize winner Jane …
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19th International Willa Cather Seminar
… Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree from … that propose to read across region in Cather’s works and life. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Blue … and sustainability Industrialization and the Rustbelt Literary regionalism: Cather’s relationship to earlier …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening … visitors with access to a new permanent exhibit, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud . The exhibit chronicles …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed
… who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … If you plan to arrive early or leave late and want to book an extra night, you will book with MDLH directly and we … Prior to our time in Taos, we will again be offering a guided walking tour in Santa Fe with professional tour guide …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather
… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … language, and sensitive explorations of place. Her life and work still inspire insightful scholarly analysis. … her formative Nebraska experiences into an international literary legacy. Cather died in 1947, and was laid to rest …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, … who have volunteered their services for the past three years to bring the unveiling of the statue to … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
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