Consider what I call Steinbeck's "long-term weather report from the Dustbowl" approach, which begins The Grapes of Wrath. From Wordnik.com. [Claudia Ricci: Call me Ishmael? No, Just Email Me Your Choice Instead!] Reference
Steinbeck is awfully good, judged solely on the quality of his writing. From Wordnik.com. [Where would I be ...] Reference
John Steinbeck is a born writing man, and Tortilla Flat a book to cherish. From Wordnik.com. [The Link Between The Grapes of Wrath] Reference
They're obviously very poor people and Steinbeck is sympathetic to their plight. From Wordnik.com. [The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck] Reference
I reckon anyone who has read "Cannery Row" by Steinbeck is familiar with the group of no-goods referred to as Mack and the Boys. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
In the BBC world, it's a bit like George and Lennie in Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-05] Reference
(link) I agree - Steinbeck is much better for color names than he is for actual prose. From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: Why nobody puts me in charge of marketing children's clothes.] Reference
I find writing often a discovery process, and recall Steinbeck speaking to this in his letters to his friend while writing East of Eden. From Wordnik.com. [Meandering] Reference
Thomas Steinbeck is a brave man. From Wordnik.com. ['Shadow of the Cypress': History, mystery and Steinbeck] Reference
Steinbeck is a writing hero of mine. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
A PDF search of "Steinbeck" will show he is on Posner's list. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
And I've been reading Steinbeck for most of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President To National Oceans Conference] Reference
This wasn't one of those major loses like Steinbeck. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Townhall: Michelle Obama is a Bitch, Get It?] Reference
Hemingway … Steinbeck … the guy stuff that I love too. From Wordnik.com. [Real Authors and the Paradox of Desktop Publishing] Reference
The sale also has several never-published Steinbeck works. From Wordnik.com. [John Steinbeck's Archive Of Letters, Manuscripts To Be Auctioned] Reference
Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Sinclair Lewis were close friends. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Thirty-Four] Reference
But - Steinbeck had written "The Grapes of Wrath," but at what cost?. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Sides Of Jewel: 'Sweet And Wild'] Reference
He smiled, finished the paragraph, and gently put Steinbeck in his place. From Wordnik.com. [Man Loses Life] Reference
What we can do, Steinbeck suggests, is be there for someone who needs to talk. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: A Thanksgiving Lesson From Tom Joad] Reference
People say, well, how can you be dyslexic and you read Hemingway and Steinbeck?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 16, 2005] Reference
SIDEWAYS - Final year for TED in Steinbeck country (moving to Long Beach in 2009). From Wordnik.com. [Day of the TED] Reference
We have our Moderns -- Steinbeck, Kerouac, Bryson and Least Heat-Moon come to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Pilgrims] Reference
Could you imagine if Michener and Steinbeck had internet access when they were alive. From Wordnik.com. [nightnurse Diary Entry] Reference
Steinbeck preferred to travel among the ordinary folks and get his material from them. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping You in the Dark] Reference
But read about Postville since the raid and you'd think you were reading a Steinbeck novel. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Immigration and Religion Have to Do with the Price of Meat? Everything!] Reference
Like Steinbeck, Jeffers would be deeply attached in his work to the central California coast. From Wordnik.com. [The Eco-Man's Library: Poetry] Reference
The authors were among the best: J.hn Steinbeck, P.G. Wodehouse, Aldous Huxley, S.J. Perelman. From Wordnik.com. [html]
The movie is brutal social comment, ala Dreiser and Lewis in the 30s and Steinbeck in the 50s. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Avatar's Best Moment (Hint - It Has Nothing to Do With 3D Special Effects)] Reference
Or teach Swift, Steinbeck and Dickens without reinforcing their compassion for the poor and weak?. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Soldier of Israel Turned Peacemaker] Reference
It has been consigned by a private collector, and is not part of the Steinbeck apartment archive. From Wordnik.com. [John Steinbeck's Archive Of Letters, Manuscripts To Be Auctioned] Reference
Steinbeck wrote from inside the worst-case scenario of what we discussing now, what we are seeing unfold. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: A Thanksgiving Lesson From Tom Joad] Reference
The most frequent forgees are the ones worth forging: Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Twain, Faulkner. From Wordnik.com. [Beware Rare Book Forgeries] Reference
It wasn't until the age of 15 that he first stumbled on the public library and discovered Hemingway, Steinbeck and Faulkner. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By President At National Medal Of Arts And Humanities] Reference
He had set out to be a “major historical figure,” like the literary matinee idols of his youth, Steinbeck and Hemingway. From Wordnik.com. [His New York Jewish Public Self Was American Triumph] Reference
But when I re-read the novel, I realized Steinbeck had written it in an almost operatic form; many passages musically leapt off the page. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Grapes of Wrath, Pablo Aslan] Reference
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