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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Willa Cather at Bowdoin College Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather … Jun 4 - Saturday, Jun 6, 2026 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … economic precarity Caregiving and the medical humanities Living under “the ruthless Poindexters,” violations of the …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Guided Tours … for poetry, nature, and music drive her to create a better world for herself and others through words. Davis's poetry …
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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… Welcome to the home of Willa Cather Willa Cather Willa Cather is one of the most … the National Statuary Hall Collection Willa Cather’s bronze sculpture by artist Littleton Alston was dedicated …
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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… been lost to much of the world. Of the millions of acres of grasslands that once covered the continent, only a small … grasses, indian and switch grasses, as well our native cool-season buffalo grass. The wildflower season stretches from April through October, beginning with …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … being changed by the difficulties and the beauties of the world they must contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The …
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Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Garrett Peck Image Star Gazing at the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference With Garrett Peck Spring Conference … New Mexico's dark skies. His book, The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop , will be published …
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Nothing But Land: Willa Cather and Indigenous Writers

… juxtaposed with late 19th century settlement culture.  Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … Read book, with an aim to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of …
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Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska

… “Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska,” on Wednesday, November 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. … Literatures, will examine the immigrant experience in rural Nebraska through the lens of Cather’s distinct portrayals of … communities welcomed or excluded them. In her 1923 essay “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,” Cather wrote, “It is …
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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World

… most significant American authors of the twentieth century, Willa Cather’s work was shaped by her Nebraska upbringing. Dr. … as a member of the Board of Governors of the Willa Cather Foundation for 22 years, has edited the Willa Cather Review …
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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 … She was a self-made woman who spent most of her adult life living and working in New York City. Among other narratives, …
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