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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the … Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … all winter. I want them to feel that and not to just think about it as some out-there story. History doesn’t mean much …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Discussion #3: The Professor's House As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist … book on our website. Stay tuned for more information about a special celebration of Taylor's new book on December …
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Cather Weekend on Governors Island

… the National Willa Cather Center, as well as our programs, events, and publications. We’ll be offering Willa Cather … and Other Poems . 2:30 p.m. – Selected Readings from The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark (1915) is the story of an artist’s …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather

… Image Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather June 20, 2022 The centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us … of the American infantry’s defining battles—details about the death of Lieutenant Cather were relayed to his …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … three, her father and aunt Kay Jones Smith shared stories about summers in Nebraska at the J.L. Miner House. Jaydene’s …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Taylor Image "Death Comes for the Archbisop" Image "Chasing Bright Medusas"   Discussion #4:  Death Comes for the Archbishop As …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Taylor Image "Death Comes for the Archbishop" Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Special Events Discussion #4:  Death Comes for the …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… about.” Considering this, it’s not surprising that when getting their affairs in order prior to a trip to Egypt in … roots are deep in the town of Red Cloud, Jay has been involved with the Willa Cather Foundation for as long as he … or a pure historic preservation society, you wouldn’t get so many different people from so many different realms …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … and Education Specialist Rachel Olsen. This event came about from Karr’s summer 4-H project, the idea to share a …
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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus December 21, 2020 Willa … in the West; she not very far above the horizon, and he about mid-way between the zenith and the silvery lady …
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