Picture is "The Grapes of Wrath," adapted by Nunnally Johnson from John Steinbeck's best-seller. It is an absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks.

The late John Steinbeck’s literature is not just a critical part of the American literary canon, but intrinsic to American identity itself. With every deeply relatable, ordinary protagonist, Steinbeck ...

PROVIDENCE — Shakespeare was no stranger to the inherently theatrical nature of aging and dementia. He famously wrote about ...

When John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” appeared in 1939, it shocked readers with its grim description of families experiencing homelessness. For those who may have forgotten ...

"Right now in the windows, I have first editions of John Steinbeck, signed by John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath," Bell said. "I have a book in the window that's 292 years old." And now for the first ...

In 2024, book lover Rebecca Mercante took her passion for literature to the next level when she established Bird Nest Books, ...

Tim Winton's first novel in six years is a deeply engaging read and is also a powerful call to arms, writes Bron Sibree ...

Rajan Philips Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre ...