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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … have long noted her sharp presentation of herself as prairie poet with "Prairie Spring" at the beginning of her … prose is "poetic," very few readers have had much to say about Cather's own poetry. In 1962 scholar Bernice Slote …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012
… Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
Red Cloud, Nebraska
… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and … this beautiful, brick street town. Click here to learn more about Red Cloud. Click here to search past issues of the Red …
Posted: 07/29/2014
Last Updated: 01/28/2015
Celebrate Cather's Birthday!
… Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st … and the suggested donation. Invitations and publicity about the events will be provided by the Willa Cather …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/30/2014
New Collection of Letters
… of Letters December 15, 2014 Our growing collection of Cather papers and objects was enhanced recently with the … to donate this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return … the care and study of these letters possible. Inquiries about the letters should be directed to Education Director, …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/23/2014
Woodress Research Scholars Grant
… Image Woodress Research Scholars Grant October 6, 2014 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln … for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in Nebraska and at UNL. … August 31, 2015. The Cather Project will assist with advice about travel, lodging, and a trip to the Willa Cather …
Posted: 10/23/2014
Last Updated: 11/03/2014
New Addition to the Archive
… Image New Addition to the Archive October 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation has recently received a fascinating letter … "must, I think, have a very keen and definite feeling about it, but it almost hopeless to try to communicate it to …
Posted: 10/23/2014
Last Updated: 10/23/2014
Barbara and Kern Wisman of Jerusalem
… 11, 2009 Barbara and Kern Wisman of Jerusalem, Israel talk about their visit to the Willa Cather Foundation. For more information about Cather tours …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 09/23/2014
Joy
… 6, 2008 I have said before that the Middle Ground of the Cather Foundation is indeed broad reaching out from its … joy or, Joy with a capital J. To be precise, I want to talk about Steve Joy, a British artist whose work will be … Cloud Opera House Gallery in June, as a part of the annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, scheduled for June 5-6-7. …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/22/2014
Photography Contest
… Image Photography Contest December 1, 2008 Today the Willa Cather Foundation is delighted to announce its involvement … a viewer's choice award. The Cather Foundation is excited about the traffic this exhibit will bring through our little …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/22/2014