This event is part of the 71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference on June 4-6, on the theme of "Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250." Click here for more information about the conference. Rebecca Romney's lecture on "Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy" considers the […]
Architectural and interior styles, powerful landscapes, and domestic scenes all feature prominently in Willa Cather’s writing. These important backdrops to her novels were illuminated through her gift for idyllic description and acute observation. Join Claire Schmidt, John Swift, and Steve Tamayo for this popular and engaging panel discussion that focuses on the theme of the […]
Jane Smiley's talk on Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer will mark the conclusion of a year-long celebration of Cather's 1918 novel as a title selected by the National Endowment for the Arts' 2024-2025 Big Read program. Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was […]
Karen Russell will discuss her new novel, The Antidote. Set in Uz, a fictional Nebraska town, in the aftermath of Black Sunday, The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his […]
