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Cather Book Club: All The Light We Cannot See

… Sep 15, 2016 | 4 - 6:30pm Cherry Corner Estates and the Cather Second Home 40 N Cherry St. Corner of 6th and Seward … , 68970 United States On September 15 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss All The Light We Cannot See … World War; we begin this year with Doerr’s excellent story set against the background of World War II. There are two …
Posted: 08/30/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Cather Book Club: House Made of Dawn

… St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States On May 18 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction. Set at World War 2’s conclusion, this novel picks up the …
Posted: 08/30/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … . She is also the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of … Work As both  The Professor’s House  and  My Ántonia are set for big years in 2025—the latter will complete its run …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

Author Series & Book Signing: Karen Russell

… her new novel, The Antidote . Set in Uz, a fictional Nebraska town, in the aftermath of Black Sunday, The … immediately following her talk. You won't want to miss this free and in-person event!  The Antidote is available for … Purchase a Patron Package Image Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. The …
Posted: 12/26/2024
Last Updated: 03/13/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the … for the Archbishop • Virtual Oct 20 — UNL Opera presents O Pioneers! , 7:00 p.m. • Red Cloud Opera House, Red Cloud, NE …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… Image Los Gallos, the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos Image The shaded … by David Harrell. In Vol. 33 of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. pp. 4-8.  …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… forward to welcoming you! Book a Tour About the Restoration Get Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 10/07/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … more than that, of herself as a person. The character in question is the book's antagonist, Clement Sebastian, who … help secret Nancy, the enslaved girl, away from slavery to freedom in Canada. It concludes in a way reminiscent of …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain … Red Cloud. 1913  — Cather’s first “Nebraska novel,”  O Pioneers! , appears in print. Cather agrees to write S. S. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

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