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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… 240. Admission to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley also includes access to the museum's galleries and gardens. … Virginia, contact Ann Romines at annrom3@verizon.net About Willa Cather's Virginia Willa Cather’s Virginia is … place: its resources, issues, and stories—past and future. About the Birthplace …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short Biography of Willa Cather 1873–1947 Willa Cather was born in Back Creek …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, … Virginia, Vermont, France (Paris and Avignon), Massachusetts, Chicago, Arizona, and Pittsburgh. Driving these …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… Image The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Image Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture Third … , MA 01240 United States PURCHASE TICKETS The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with The Mount , … times. Cipkowski's lecture will explore Cather’s turbulent biography and uniquely American voice, which set a new …
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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

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… remains a revelation.”  — Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley About My Ántonia When critic Randolph Bourne heralded  My … as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not have known the many ways the novel would remain relevant to … exhibit examines the novel’s inspirations and creation, as well as considers the ways the novel still speaks to modern …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of …
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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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