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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
By Robert Fisk "..... Operation Grapes of Wrath was no tribute to John Steinbeck but took its name from the blood-and-vengeance Book of Deuteronomy wherein chapter 32, the song of Moses before he dies leading his Jewish people towards the promised land, speaks of those who will be destroyed by the wrath of God. " The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young men and the virgin,...
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My Adventure to Enlightenment (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Currently Reading: America’s Defense Meltdown Tribes - Seth Godin Recently Finished: East of Eden - John Steinbeck Somehow this books slipped my notice in high school, for a few obvious reasons now made apparent after reading. The Dip - Seth Godin Worth every bit of praise. War Nerd - Gary Brecher A little over the top, a little arrogant, but a damn fine book. [...]
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Crazy Cozy Murders (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
I will try to complete Becky's John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge . The goal is to read 2 of John Steinbeck's works between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. My tentative list is: 1) John Steinbeck: The Tortilla Flat 2) John Steinbeck: East Of Eden
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Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
Janet Tay in today's Starmag writes about novellas - Little Books, Big Punches she calls them. She strongly recommends to local readers (as I strongly endorse!) : The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915) (read online here ) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) (read online here ) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952) Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote (1958) and reviews each of...
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The Real Estate Bloggers (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” – John Steinbeck Poor New Jersey. The citizens of the good state are fighting the same fight to preserve property values as we all are, yet the government is obviously conspiring [...] Thanks for reading this post. If you would like to see more articles like this,...
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Blowin' In The Wind (Free subscription) | 12/20/2008
John Steinbeck died on this day in 1968 at the age of 66, six years after he won the Nobel Prize, which even he himself didn’t expect. When asked by a reporter whether he believed he deserved the prize, he...
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Chasing Ray (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
Lewis Buzbee wrote one of my favorite books this year, Steinbeck's Ghost . Readers familiar with my blog will remember my initial reaction to this teen mystery that actually made me want to read John Steinbeck again. (He was another casualty of my high school American Lit class.) My formal review of the book can be found in my October column and I also interviewed Lewis last month as part of the WBBT....
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ArtsBeat (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
James Joyce, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, D.H. Lawrence, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, and Alice Walker. A pretty impressive list, isn't it? These are but a select few of the authors who've had one or...
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Explore : Alice Walker, Authors, Books, Fine Arts, George Orwell, J. D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Oregon, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner
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On The Media (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
The Federal Writers' Project put thousands of people to work including Zora Neale Hurston, Stetson Kennedy, and John Steinbeck. They recorded oral histories, folkways, music and wrote everything from state guides to children's books. Jerrold Hirsch, author of Portrait of America describes the legacy of "introducing America to Americans," and how the program upended the American story.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Thanks to John Steinbeck, Doc Ricketts and incomparable seascapes, Monterey's Cannery Row has always managed to transcend the commercial hype, and this year brought new volleys in the battle to overthrow its tourist-trap image. December is the perfect time to...
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MyQuest (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Merry Christmas! Doogy Wawa! 10 November – 9 December 2008 "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." John Steinbeck wrote that on the opening page of Travels with Charley in Search of America, which I read this summer while Michael and I were driving to and from California (well, while Michael was driving). 2008 as a year feels like this – like it took me, like...
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running and rambling (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Well, that was easy. It was only a matter of hours before the statue in yesterday’s post was correctly identified as John Steinbeck; what will take substantially longer is for me to describe its significance – about both the man, and to the city that shaped him. To say that the relationship between Steinbeck and the city of Salinas is troubled is an understatement of the highest order. He has been...
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Doctoral Dissertation! (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
John Steinbeck made a wonderful attempt to tell about those people who strive to make their dreams come true. His Of Mice and Men attracts the attention of hundreds of readers and critics. Have you already read the novel? Not yet?! Well, we strongly recommend you do it! It is not very long and is easy [...]
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out of step (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
I live just 135 miles south of Salinas, California, real Depression-era John Steinbeck country. But in 1934, right here in my own backyard, literally a mile or so away, the great photographer Dorothea Lange shot this classic photograph of a migrant mother and her kids for Life magazine. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
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Moderato (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Three years before publication of his masterpiece The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck visited squatters’ camps in California. To mark the centenary of his birth, we print this account - previously unpublished in the UK - of the misery that he witnessed. The squatters’ camps are located all over California. Let us see what a typical [...]
