Glimpsing Steinbeck’s “Collective Mind” Through Steve Hauk’s Stories
Reflecting on “the soul of artists and writers,” nineteenth-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche observed that art “performs the task of preserving,
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John Steinbeck’s “In Dubious Battle” can help us navigate social discord
Rarely since the Great Depression has our country been as polarized and angry as it is today. On television, in
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It’s easy to read John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize, and as Stephen King describes
Read moreJohn Steinbeck’s road map for resisting Donald Trump
A recent blog post of the National Book Critics Circle asked members “at this time of cultural shift” in the
Read moreDonald Trump: The winter of our discontent as Trumpettes party
It’s doubtful Donald Trump ever read The Winter of our Discontent, John Steinbeck’s 1961 novel about greed, xenophobia, and corruption in
Read moreJohn Steinbeck: An antidote to Donald Trump?
A rotten egg incubated by reality television and hatched by retrograde thinking about women and the world, the presidency of
Read moreDonald Trump is no Ernest Hemingway or John Steinbeck
Donald Trump bragged, via tweet, that he’s the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter. Unfortunately for us, the new president possesses neither
Read moreOff Limits: Of Mice and Men and the death penalty today
Seventy years after its publication John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men continues to stimulate debate, pro and con, about the
Read moreElection 2016: Finding solace in Steinbeck during the time of Trump
In a jittery, newly authoritarian land of hatred and hurt, chastened criminal and social justice reformers and human rights advocates
Read moreFather’s Day: Remembering Dear Old Dad 36 years later
It never occurs to me to write something about Father’s Day because my father has been gone for 36 years
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