05/10/2026
“Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past.”
― Willa Cather
Please join English Society for a discussion of My Ántonia (1818) by Willa Cather on Monday, October 19th from 3:30-4:30pm in McMahon B6 (conference room).
"Willa Cather’s My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture."
All are welcome - you don't need to be an English major to attend!
