The Willa Cather Blog

Cather Foundation's funds reach $1.1 million

2006-08-15T08:35:00.000-04:00

JournalStar.com - It’s a big sum of money for such a little organization. The Willa Cather Foundation in Red Cloud — pop. 1,131 — announced recently it had reached its goal of raising $825,000 to enhance its facilities and boost educational outreach. - To red more, click here.

Updates to the Willa Cather Online Bibliography

2006-04-28T16:59:00.000-04:00

I am updating the online bibliography www.willacatherbib.org - material pre-1984 is being added.

Willa Cather Foundation to acquire prairie near Red Cloud

2006-01-25T10:35:00.000-05:00

JournalStar.com: "Willa Cather Foundation to acquire prairie near Red Cloud" - After more than 30 years under the care of The Nature Conservancy, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie near Red Cloud will have a new owner.

Cather collections dedicated in honor of former UNL professor

2006-01-12T15:12:00.000-05:00

The dedication of two new collections on Willa Cather has increased the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s total to 11.

The new collections were dedicated in honor of Susan Rosowski, a former UNL professor of English and Willa Cather scholar.

OPAL Podcast: Book discussion of the 1927 novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop

2005-11-02T12:09:00.000-05:00

Book discussion of the 1927 novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather, held on October 26, 2005. (17.5 MB file; playback time of 51 minutes)

Willa Cather's old letters prove 'exciting' news at Drew University NJ

2005-10-03T01:01:00.000-04:00

Daily Record - Local News - Author's old letters prove 'exciting' news at Drew: "University acquires rare Willa Cather writings"

Teaching Cather now available online!

2005-07-06T09:11:00.000-04:00

Maryville Daily Forum: News Column: "Teaching Cather, a magazine published by Northwest Missouri State University about the life and work of American novelist Willa Cather (1873-1947) and tailored to the needs of educators, is now available online through 'The Willa Cather Archive' at http://cather.unl.edu/."

Call for Cather Papers: American Literature Association 2005

2005-01-19T00:57:00.000-05:00

The Willa Cather Society invites proposals for 20-minute papers to be
presented in either of two sessions at the American Literature
Association's annual meeting in Boston, MA, May 26-29, 2005.

For more information: Call for Cather Papers: American Literature Association 2005

International Cather Seminar 2005

2005-01-19T00:43:00.000-05:00

CALL FOR PAPERS & INVITATION to PARTICIPATE

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln & the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation present
The 10th International Cather Seminar 2005

“Violence, the Arts, and Cather”
June 18-25, 2005
Red Cloud, Nebraska & the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Keynote Speaker: Terry Eagleton, Critical Theorist

“Violence, the Arts, and Cather” will be the theme of the 10th International Cather Seminar to begin June 18, 2005. This will be a joint-sited seminar based in the two prominent places of Cather’s Nebraska experience--Red Cloud and Lincoln. The seminar will feature for the first time residency in Red Cloud as well as on the UNL campus and will celebrate the WCPM’s 50th anniversary.

For more information: International Cather Seminar 2005

Cather Lecture

2005-01-12T22:06:00.000-05:00

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA — Professor Merrill Maguire Skaggs of Drew University (NJ) will give a free lecture on the author Willa Cather in the Stetson Faculty Lounge on the Williams College campus on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m.
"A Willa Cather Gold Mine and Other Surprises" will be offered in conjunction with the Chapin Library of Rare Books' current exhibit: "She Loved All Great Formal, Noble Things: A Willa Cather Miscellany” — drawn largely from the collection of David H. Porter, the college’s Harry C. Payne visiting professor of liberal arts. Before the lecture Porter will make some brief remarks on the materials on display in show, and a reception in the library will follow the lecture, sponsored by the college’s English and classics departments and the Chapin Library.

Friends celebrate life of English professor, scholar

2004-12-11T11:53:00.000-05:00

Lincoln Journal Star Online

Strong Individuals Dominate Cather Novel Set in Area

2004-11-23T13:58:00.000-05:00

The Winchester Star

Nation's ‘premier Cather scholar' dies

2004-11-04T00:41:00.000-05:00

Lincoln Journal Star Online: Susan Rosowski Rosowski, a pre-eminent Cather scholar, was buried Tuesday afternoon at the old Germantown Cemetery near Garland. Her husband of 41 years built her casket. And along with their sons, Scott and David, he carried her to her grave.

Nebraska citizens to read 'My Antonia' for 2005 One Book/One State

2004-10-13T16:18:00.000-04:00

Lincoln Journal Star Online: "All Nebraska residents are being invited to read the Willa Cather classic, 'My Antonia,' early next year."

Football tickets on eBay to raise money for Cather

2004-09-30T09:53:00.000-04:00

Daily Nebraskan - Football tickets on eBay to raise money for Cather

G21 Features Lionel Rolfe's Debut New Book on Yaltah Menuhin & Willa Cather

2004-09-28T13:27:00.000-04:00

G21 Features Lionel Rolfe's Debut New Book on Yaltah Menuhin - G21: The World: "G21: The World's Magazine (http://www.g21.net) features an exclusive preview of Lionel Rolfe's new book 'The Uncommon Friendship of Yaltah Menuhin & Willa Cather.' (Link: http://www.g21.net/amdream85.html) in the book, Rolfe explores the bond between the Menuhin prodigy, who is also his mother, and the famous American novelist, Willa Cather, who Yaltah referred to as 'Aunt Willa.'"

The spirit of Willa Cather inhabits Haruf's Plainsong

2004-07-31T09:34:00.000-04:00

The spirit of Willa Cather inhabits Haruf's Plainsong

Martha Stewart and Willa Cather's "O Pioneers"

2004-07-18T09:30:00.000-04:00

Read the text of Martha's letter to Judge Cedarbaum wherein she relates that Willa Cather's 'O Pioneers' was a source of inspiration.