Willa cather

Others of Cather’s books are sadder than “O Pioneers!,” but this is the one that stabs you through the heart.

The hardscrabble origins and unique vision of novelist Willa Cather – Eric Banks

Alex Ross on how Nebraska’s landscape inspired the great American novelist Willa Cather.

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, despite the author's wish for her correspondence to remain unpublished, finally sees the light of day this month. The editors of the book, Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, take us inside the private life of a great American writer.

"Remembered for her depictions of pioneer life in Nebraska, Willa Cather established a reputation for giving breath to the landscape of her fiction. Sensitive to the mannerisms and phrases of the people who inhabited her spaces, she brought American regions to life through her loving portrayals of individuals within local cultures." From the Willa Cather Archive at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. #Willa_Cather, #American_Literature, #Read_more_women

Willa Cather is often remembered as cantankerous and reclusive by biographers, but that’s not the necessarily the case. Willa Cather is sometimes remembered by biographers as cantankerous and reclusive. While […]

This year, 2018, marks the 100th year anniversary of Willa Cather's 'My Ántonia', which is considered to be a classic nowadays.

"The first number was the Tannhäuser overture. When the violins drew out the first strain of the Pilgrim's chorus, my Aunt Georgiana clut...

Next year will mark the centennial of Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia,” a work esteemed by generations of Nebraskans.

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