“Mad at the World” seems, at first glance, an odd title for a book. But William Souder believes it conveys the personality and work of John Steinbeck, who brought social realism to the forefront in ...

John Steinbeck has written 5 shows including Of Mice and Men (Playwright), The Moon Is Down (Playwright), Burning Bright (Playwright), Pipe Dream (Source Material), Here's Where I Belong (Source ...

John Steinbeck’s fiction is often held up as an exemplar of politically engaged art, but William Souder’s concise new biography, “Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck,” argues persuasively that ...

When Jackson Benson was an earnest young graduate student in the late 1960s, he decided to focus his scholarly work on novelist John Steinbeck and his simple, powerful stories about the quiet dignity ...

On Mad at the World, by William Souder. John Steinbeck had a paternal stance toward labor, toward migrant workers, toward the poor and desperate and meek—but not toward his own sons. Like other ...

Trade unionist Sir Brendan Barber nominates American author, John Steinbeck as his Great Life. The author of The Grapes of Wrath aimed to fight the cause of the common man, was derided by the right as ...

Not a single square inch of white space can be seen on the walls of the lower floor of Audry Lynch’s home in Saratoga. Photos, movie posters and memorabilia of all things John Steinbeck decorate ...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of ...