John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction

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Freelance writer and new media junkie. Professional Art appreciator.

Journalism

Joan Didion has long attempted to show us how to tell a story. Her particular brand of journalism is incisive yet not omniscient, sentimental but never romantic. Reading Didion, you never lose sense of her as the storyteller, and it is her voice you learn to trust. She ends her introduction to Slouc

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