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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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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

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … periodical that reaches a broad audience beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa … her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but there are a succession of other places found …
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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

… emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes … a fireproof vault for safe keeping of town records.” Her gift was part of a pattern of philanthropists funding public …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… and gradual emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
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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

… as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not have known the many ways the novel would remain relevant to … Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. More than that, Cather's memorable "fictional" … 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

… Cather, Wallace and Blanche Cather Ray, Grosvenor P. and Myrtle Bartlett Cather, and the Burlington & Missouri River … & Morgan 1947 Correspondence TEX-62-035 Note regarding gift Marsha Brockway 2012?   Willard Crowell Collection Date … 1899 To Mother, March 21, 1900 W.S.C. Cather, Willa My Ántonia 1918 n/a Catallus Selected Poems of Catallus 1910 …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … citizen and student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … Blind d’Arnault. It utilizes archival imagery and artist biography to inspire patrons to grapple with larger …
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