american-literature

A crowd gathered to photograph the bronze statue of author Willa Cather after a dedication ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall on Wednesday June 7, 2023. The Cather statue is Nebraska's second added to the National Statuary Hall Collection. Ashley Murray/States Newsroom

Statue of renowned Nebraska author Willa Cather unveiled in U.S. Capitol

BY: - June 8, 2023

Cather began her writing career in Pittsburgh, where she worked as a journalist and teacher for a decade.

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These high school ‘classics’ have been taught for years. Are their days numbered? | Opinion

BY: - September 19, 2022

Does a new generation of students require a new generation of literary classics?

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When Black kids, shut out from the whitewashed world of children’s literature, took matters into their own hands | Opinion

BY: - February 8, 2021

The Brownies’ Book, the Defender Junior and the children’s sections of other African American weeklies gave Black children a space to tell their stories, express their anxieties and assert their ambitions.