After his two previous starts to the novel in late May 1938, Steinbeck began rapidly writing what would become the iconic book about the Dust Bowl: "The Grapes of Wrath." He wrote it fast ...
In April 1939, Steinbeck published “The Grapes of Wrath,” drawing liberally from those notes. The book sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the first few months, and would go on to win the ...
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are reuniting! Following their turns as Laurel and Hardy in 2018's Stan & Ollie, the pair ...
John Steinbeck beat Sanora Babb to the great American Dust Bowl novel—using her field notes. What do we owe her today?
Pat Rush and her family left Arkansas in the wake of one of the largest migrations in U.S. history, in the hope of making a ...
Before “Grapes of Wrath” chronicled the life of migrant workers in California, Kansas City had the Federal Transient Camp ...
“What rotten luck for you that ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ should not only have come out before your book was submitted but should ...
Iris Jamahl Dunkle, author of Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, shares ten intriguing facts about intrepid ...
What happened a century ago can be instructive when evaluating presidential candidates' tariff proposals, writes Mark Edelman ...
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when your financial needs conflict with your scruples.