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Youth and the Bright Medusa
… Image Youth and the Bright Medusa Book Club Resources Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The stories also take a hard glance at youth and time. Set largely in urban areas, this collection has a distinctly …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… Image Music in Willa Cather's Writing While not a musician herself, Willa Cather … to the Knowes” light the way for Cather’s epilogue, again set in Moonstone. These, along with a final folk ballad may … during World War I. One of Ours is divided into five books, with music conspicuously absent from the first three, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Dr. Melissa J. Homestead in Conversation with Alex Ross
… Friday, Mar 26, 2021 | 7 - 8:30pm Special Preview Event The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith …
Posted: 02/03/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters … to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, and … Ferris Greenslet, that she is at work on not one, but two books. One of those was a return to the Blue Mesa story, …
Posted: 09/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … the Willa Cather Foundation since 2017. How did your skill set prepare you for your work here, and were you always a … traveling, making playlists, and cooking. If I can swing a book or two outside of my reading load for work, so much the …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… two weeks before at almost every rehearsal- needed on book and for backstage cueing before each show. For more … may have burned out, but another is just getting started. Set amidst the volatile, mood-altering, ever-changing … time, have a meal, sign some autographs, and take the “Cather Tour” but the Mayor and local Big Shots want to have …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration … Tracy Tucker says. “We’d love to see people read the book again during the centenary year and explore the many … and teaching strategies. Teachers who lack classroom sets of My Ántonia are especially encouraged to contact us. …
Posted: 12/20/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first … at the same time we work with local artists to give these books something fresh and unique. The independent publishing … in this country, so it’s not like we have a muff in our closets. And because languages tend to be economical, when you …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … What brought you to Willa Cather and what was the first book of hers that you read? Any favorites? In 1970, my path … colors. The pathos and juxtaposition of the vast prairie set against the bodies of young lovers. The struggle of …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 07/07/2021
Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… of Youth and the Bright Medusa , I did a lot of research to get the details right. I consulted books on historical … well. I love the immediacy and the element of chance involved in working with traditional, as opposed to digital, …
Posted: 09/23/2020
Last Updated: 09/24/2020