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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… nine years old, her family moved to rural Webster County, Nebraska, and later to the town of Red Cloud, where she lived until attending college at the University of Nebraska. Cather’s career began in Pittsburgh, where she … While six of Cather’s novels were inspired by her Nebraska experiences, her writing spans settings that also …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back … young Willa Cather developed her love for the stage, for musical performance, and for artistry of all sorts. Image …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… in thirty years—from our online bookstore! [University of Nebraska Press: 2019] The Mount  is a turn-of-the-century …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Hampshire, join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … of Cather's life and times will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the … scholar at UCLA and Vice President of the National Willa Cather Center Board of Governors. As Willa Cather …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Poet Laureate Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker Matt Mason, Nebraska State Poet Rosanne Cash, acclaimed singer and … of Oxford Brookes University Poetry Centre Kent Pavelka, Nebraska sports broadcaster and grandson of Anna Pavelka …
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Finding Aids

… Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree     … OBJ-50-1000-016 Willa Cather     Document Tx-50-1000-017 Articles of Indenture     Document TX-50-1000-018 Jeremiah …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains a revelation.”  — Pulitzer Prize winner …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … to launch our series of NEA Big Read programs devoted to My Ántonia with a special fall kick-off! Please join us for … Breaking the Mold 10:00 a.m. – Pick up a FREE copy of My Ántonia, shop the bookstore, and explore our three new My …
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