Chris Benfey, host of our recently concluded My Àntonia reading group joins Willa Cather biographer Benjamin Taylor, Book Post editor Ann Kjellberg, and readers in a conversation bringing it all together
Hello Ann, I'm unable to join you and Chris for the virtual conversation, but I wanted to say hello -- in honor of the old days at NYRB (if you both remember me). I came to My Antonia because I did love The Song of the Lark when I read it last year or the year before, the first Cather I'd ever read other than the Pittsburgh story in some anothology or other. I didn't love My Antonia except in certain brilliant moments -- the evocation of the burial site at the crossroads that never becomes a crossroads the highpoint, and it was wonderful to see it return at the end. If I could tune in on Sunday, I'm sure I would find more to appreciate, and I'm interested to know what you all may read next. Cheers.
Hello Ann, I'm unable to join you and Chris for the virtual conversation, but I wanted to say hello -- in honor of the old days at NYRB (if you both remember me). I came to My Antonia because I did love The Song of the Lark when I read it last year or the year before, the first Cather I'd ever read other than the Pittsburgh story in some anothology or other. I didn't love My Antonia except in certain brilliant moments -- the evocation of the burial site at the crossroads that never becomes a crossroads the highpoint, and it was wonderful to see it return at the end. If I could tune in on Sunday, I'm sure I would find more to appreciate, and I'm interested to know what you all may read next. Cheers.