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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 6 - Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | All day Register Online Now ACCESS THE WEB APP DOWNLOAD THE SPRING CONFERENCE … the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery, and Travis Hencey's new exhibit, The Field, The Fire , located in the Burlington …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour … On December 7, Cather’s 150th birthday will be fêted with guided holiday tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … of the novel Woman of Light and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina & Corina , a finalist for the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… in Nebraska, Quebec City (with a pre-trip to Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick), Virginia, Vermont, France (Paris and … borne of Cather's ability to create on her pages intimate portraits of characters understood in relation to their … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… later.  Silas Garber is elected governor of Nebraska. 1874  — Willa Cather and her parents move into the home of her … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Nina McConigley  is the author of the story collection Cowboys and East Indians , which won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award and a High …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of … Cather Stamp to be Issued p. 1  TITLE: Storyteller for Children  AUTHOR: Bernice Slote p. 1  TITLE: "Wee Winkie's … TITLE: "Dissolved into Something Complete and Great": The Cathers and the Beginnings of Webster County  AUTHOR: Ann …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… NE Oct 19 — Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World , Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre, Wymore, NE: 2:00 p.m. CT, … Cultural Park , Tivoli, NY Oct 22 — Willa Cather: Life & Literature , 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET • Explore the intersections …
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