Summary
Tonight, we’ll read O Pioneers! a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It was her second published novel. The title is a reference to a poem by Walt Whitman entitled "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" from “Leaves of Grass.”
If you enjoy this episode, you can find an episode with another poem from Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” titled “Song of Myself” and published March 13, 2019. You can also find another episode from Willa Cather titled “My Antonia,” published September 19, 2019.
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| 2:13.0 | Tonight, we'll read O Pioneers, a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. |
| 2:24.0 | It was her second published novel. The title is a reference to a poem by Walt Whitman entitled Pioneers O Pioneers from Leaves of Grass. |
| 2:36.0 | If you enjoy this episode, you can find an episode with another poem from Whitman's Leaves of Grass titled Song of Myself, and published March 13, 2019. |
| 2:49.0 | You can also find another episode from Willa Cather titled My Antonia, published September 19, 2019. |
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