Before the ticketed reading of One of Ours at on November 17 at 7:30 p.m., noted Cather scholar Dr. Charles Johanningsmeir will present a free lecture about “One of Ours” in the Joslyn Castle Music Room. Doors open at 5:45 p.m., and the lecture begins at 6 p.m.

Doctor Charles Johanningsmeier is Professor of English and Isaacson Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he teaches a wide range of courses on American literature and culture. His research primarily focuses on literary matters during the period between 1865 and 1940. He is the author of the books Reimagining Realism: A New Anthology of Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century American Short Fiction (Ohio University Press, 2022) and Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates in America, 1860-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Most relevant for this presentation is that he has published a number of academic journal articles on Willa Cather and has delivered many presentations on Cather and her works at conferences and universities in the US and Europe. A long-time member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, he regularly offers a graduate seminar on Cather at UNO, the highlight of which is an overnight trip to Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud to walk in her footsteps and thereby better understand her fictions.