The Salinas Californian: Book on ‘Grapes of Wrath’ gives us much to ponder
“On Reading the Grapes of Wrath,” by Susan Shillinglaw. (Penguin. $14). Local connection: Monterey Peninsula resident Susan Shillinglaw was the director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose ...
NPR: Grapes Of Wrath: The Forgotten Filipinos Who Led A Farmworker Revolution
Bradenton Herald: Speaking Volumes: Celebrating the 80th anniversary of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
On April 14, John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” celebrates its 80th year. The 1939 novel remains a quintessential piece of American literature still read in homes and classrooms throughout the ...
Salon: Steinbeck mined her research for “The Grapes of Wrath.” Then her own Dust Bowl novel was squashed
Steinbeck mined her research for “The Grapes of Wrath.” Then her own Dust Bowl novel was squashed
I hadn’t read John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” for 50 years, until now. In it, the Joad family is forced to leave Oklahoma with hundreds of thousands of others during “The Dust Bowl” of the 1930s.
Los Angeles Times: ‘Grapes of Wrath’ Looks Into the Faces of Poverty
With about 32.9 million Americans currently existing at or below the poverty level, John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath” remains enormously pertinent, particularly its theme of the human ...
These days, grapes in the grocery store don't seem that controversial. But 50 years ago, a historic workers' strike in the vineyards of California's Central Valley set in motion the most significant ...
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