Jesse Kavadlo invites you to explore the Great American Novel

Hi, I’m writing to invite you to my upcoming class, Reading The Great American Novel: Visions, Voices, and Identities. With a topic as controversial as the Great American Novel, you might wonder why I selected these books. Each can stand alone, but together they represent an effective cross-section of the 20th- and 21st-century American novel: some are short and sketch-like, others are…