After his life is turned upside down by divorce and the loss of his farm, Cliff, the sixty-something protagonist, embarks on a transformative road trip across America. With a childhood puzzle of the United States and an eccentric mission to rename all the states and their state birds, Cliff seeks to shed the mundane labels he feels history has carelessly saddled them with. Along his journey, he rekindles a romance with a former student from his high school teaching days, encounters an old classmate's snake farm in Arizona, and steps into the fast-paced world of his son, a successful movie producer in San Francisco. 'The English Major' is a tale of self-discovery, reflection, and the humor that ensues when life’s direction is recalibrated in the golden years.