The National Willa Cather Center is hosting an author series as a way to connect Cather to contemporary writers as well as provide an accessible and inclusive space where readers can talk directly with writers about their work. Participating authors discuss how they create their work, thematic connections within and outside of their texts, and […]
The 67th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference will explore the landscape of literary prizes at the publication centenary of Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel One of Ours. The three-day conference, "Literary Prizes: Acclaim and Controversy," will examine the distinctly modern phenomenon of cultural prizes. Dr. James F. English, author of The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, […]
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. National Willa Cather […]