Non-NU Email In this week's "By the Book" feature in the *New York Times*, Ken Burns says, "One writer I love is Willa Cather. People say, Was it Melville or Hemingway or Twain who wrote the great American novel, meaning “Moby-Dick” or “A Farewell to Arms” or obviously “Huckleberry Finn,” where, as Hemingway rightly said, American literature begins. But what about “O Pioneers!” or “My Ántonia”? Later, in response to a question about what three people he would invite to a literary dinner party, Burns chose Twain, Tolstoy, and Cather. The complete interview can be found here: <goog_276356509> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/books/review/ken-burns-by-the-book-interview.html__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!Af7M_IQVdvqoG1e-0rsnHE8GreTQgHCWZRlMy3C0i7z0Z1C-3qmbzNBuY8MmGX4CsOaofklMSgSbVVpU5TyQNpHOLV0$