"Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past"

Prof. Newquist suggests taking a break from the vanity fair to read Willa Cather's My Antonia.  See the South Dakota Humanities Council page on the book here.  I believe My Antonia is among the finest novels ever written by an American.  It is certainly my favorite.  Summer of 2002 I made a pilgrimage to Red Cloud, Nebraska, Cather's childhood home and location of the Willa Cather Historical Site. I took some pictures that you can find here (and yes, I misspelled "Willa").  If I get some time today I will post more at the Photo Repository.  In a few weeks I will teach My Antonia in my American Political Thought course.  I cannot wait.  I urge everyone to pick up a copy of this great (and relatively short!) novel.