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National Willa Cather Center Scholarship

… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / ELIGIBILITY The purpose of the National Willa Cather Center Scholarship is to provide financial assistance … value of living in a rural community in which the Red Cloud Opera House is located. FINANCIAL DATA One $1000 scholarship …
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Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… Image Willa Cather, circa 1926 Image Inaugural Willa Cather Residency Cohort Willa Cather Residency for … House—with its comfortable communal kitchen, dining, and living spaces—and a separate place to work. Residents will …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… as scholar John J. Murphy has described her. University of Nebraska Press published a paperback edition in 1961, which …
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Willa Cather, American Voice

… Image with, President of the Board of Governors of the National Willa Cather Center, Peter Cipkowski Special Events Friday, Mar 6, 2026 | 4 - 5pm ET Salmagundi Club 47 … result was a series of groundbreaking novels, including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
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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 … in  Best Microfiction ,  SmokeLong Quarterly ,  Jellyfish Review ,  Pulp Literature , and others. She holds an MFA …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa … made possible by gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant …
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"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, …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … Rights, speaks to the diversity of Nebraska and our state’s place in the nation’s history.” University of … I aim to capture her standing, as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … She would later write the bedroom description into The Song of the Lark (1915): “The ceiling was so low that a …
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Willa Cather Biography

… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book,  April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
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