John Steinbeck’s classic The Grapes of Wrath might be a bona fide Great American Novel but there’s something deeply un-American about its values. Dreaming isn’t enough, it argues. The system is rigged ...

The late John Steinbeck’s literature is not just a critical part of the American literary canon, but intrinsic to American identity itself. With every deeply relatable, ordinary protagonist, Steinbeck ...

There’s the John Steinbeck most Californians know, the bard of the Salinas Valley and Cannery Row, the chronicler of the common man’s plight, the acclaimed author of such towering works as “The Grapes ...

Sanora Babb’s interviews about the Dust Bowl informed “The Grapes of Wrath.” The book’s success led to the cancellation of her own book contract. “Riding Like the Wind” tells her life story. By Robert ...

Taking a cue from the success of its various other adaptations — “Interview with the Vampire,” “The Walking Dead,” etc. — AMC will now be producing an anthology series called “The Great American ...

As a biographer, Iris Jamahl Dunkle has made it a calling to unearth the “lost voices” of history and literature — talented, creative and accomplished women whose contributions have been underplayed, ...

Founded in 1948, Mississippi Quarterly is published by the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University and is recognized as one of the premier journals in the field of southern ...

The Joad family enters California in their beat-up Hudson sedan. Image for original trailer via Wikimedia Commons I watched the 1940 award-winning movie “Grapes of Wrath” recently. Nobel Prize-winning ...

London’s National Theatre has unveiled its summer season programming across its three stages. Frank Galati’s Tony-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath” is directed ...

AMC is developing a new TV franchise called “Great American Stories,” which will kick off with a limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” Rolin Jones ...

NEW AT SUNRISE..... THE LASTING LEGACY OF JOHN STEINBECK N BE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL COAST.. BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT SALINAS, CARRY HIS NAME. BUT -- AS ACTION NEWS EIGHT ...