Willa Cather was one of the most singular American novelists of the 20th century. She broke new ground as an artist by emphasizing ordinary lives and struggles, lending dignity and significance to her characters’ inner worlds. Behind the appearance of serenity in her stories, however, stands a complex writer of conflict who was doubtful of even the possibility of knowing anything for certain.

Join LA-based actors Linda Bisesti and Matthew Reidy for an afternoon of selections from Willa Cather’s fiction, criticism, and letters.

“The end is nothing, the road is all.” – Willa Cather, Old Mrs. Harris