National Cable Satellite Corporation
C Span: American Writers: Willa Cather
An extensive video about author Willa Cather. Includes general information about her life, works, and writings, including "O Pioneers!." Also includes links to other sites. [02:31:21]
NC State University
Public Media Foundation: Scribbling Women: Willa Cather: A Wagner Matinee
Willa Cather's juxtaposed tale of art and marriage, A Wagner Matinee, is provided in dramatized audio. Includes literary interpretation, the author's biography, historical context and lesson plans. [28:50]
Learn Out Loud
Learn Out Loud: Free American Classics
Over 150 audio texts from writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many others. The list includes many classics that are taught in middle school or high school.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters: My Antonia
This video [7:43] from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All explores Cather's iconic novel, My Antonia. The novel recounts the narrator's memories of a childhood friend and is based on Cather's own experiences growing...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Willa Cather at Mc Clure's
This video from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All explores Cather's role as the managing editor of McClure's magazine. The years that Cather spent at one of the nation's leading periodicals helped her hone her craft...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters: Willa Cather's Childhood
This video [4:32] from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All provides an overview of the author's childhood. Born in Virginia, Cather's family moved to Nebraska in the aftermath of the Civil War.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meet Willa Cather
This video [2:24] from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All introduces students to the novelist and her work. Cather wrote some of the most unforgettable prose of the 20th century and won various awards, including the...