Death Comes for the Archbishop Resources
Websites
Check out this site for all your Willa Cather needs. We're assuming there are many.
On this site, you can even do a virtual tour of Cather's home to get a better sense of where she wrote books like Death Comes for the Archbishop.
For a brush up on all the basics you need to know, check out this entry.
Articles and Interviews
Taking the Cather Trail through the Land of Enchantment.
Cather seriously loved those red rocks, almost as much as the NY Times loves Cather.
Once in her life, Willa Cather taught a course in creative writing. That was enough for her, but interviewer Flora Merrill wanted to find out why.
The good folks at NPR delve into some of Willa Cather's unpublished letters to learn more about the great woman.
Check out the Willa Cather Archive's database for all of your interview needs.
Video
This informative movie will take you right into the life of Willa the Thrilla' Cather. Okay, so no one actually called her that. Still a cool name, though.
Jump right into Willa's secret mind in this movie about her unpublished letters.
Here you'll find a presentation on just how amazing it is for all of Willa's Cather's books, stories, interviews, and letters to be digitally available through her alma mater, the University of Nebraska.
Audio
Check out this audio reading of one of Willa's short stories.
There are no available audiobooks for Death Comes for the Archbishop, but be sure to check out this rundown of one of her most famous works.
Here's a one-sitter of a short story that'll help round out your sense of what Willa Cather's whole deal is as a writer.
Images
We don't know if she's daydreaming or if she sees a butterfly off-camera. (Source)
These clothes must not have been very comfortable in the Midwest heat.
At 14 years old, the two looked kind of similar.