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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

21 of the Greatest American novels that everyone should read

From historical classics to postmodern marvels

Evening Standard

Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

John Steinbeck’s pet ‘made confetti’ of the manuscript in 1936, but a surviving piece will go on sale alongside personal journals, first editions and a wrought-iron sword owned by the author

The Guardian - UK

‘Wife, children, best friend all gone’: Diaries reveal Steinbeck’s darkest year

Many unpublished journals detailing the depression of the American author are up for auction in New York

The Guardian - UK

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Le Sirenuse, Positano, review: Exclusive luxury meets the intimacy of a family vacation home

It’s been 70 years since the Sersales opened the doors of their family villa to guests. All these years on – and after expansion and evolution – Le Sirenuse has managed to keep that same intimate, private experience, like you’re visiting a (very privileged) friend’s family villa, writes Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Black Belfast girl threatened after telling of unease over Of Mice and Men

Police inform Angel Mhande’s family of threat after her call for novel to be dropped from GCSE course

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about being poor in America

From John Steinbeck to Tommy Orange, it’s an old story that keeps on going, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. These books help explain why

The Guardian - UK

The California newspaper that has no reporters left

SALINAS, Calif. — When brown water overflowed the banks of the Salinas River in January, flooding thousands of acres and throwing an untold number of farmworkers out of jobs, the leading newspaper in this agricultural mecca did not cover the story.

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Of Mice and Men review – an evocative production with quietly radical casting

Wiliam Young, an actor with learning disabilities, gives an affecting, lived-in performance as Lennie in this assured adaptation of Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl classic

The Guardian - UK

Get your road trips kicks on Route 66

The US is inviting road trippers to take their next international trip on the iconic Route 66 through the state of Oklahoma. The longest driveable stretch of Route 66 – 400 miles or 643kms – runs through Oklahoma, which is found in the southern central region of the US.

The New Daily

Queen Consort criticises Roald Dahl changes

Queen Consort Camilla appeared to criticise the changes made to Roald Dahl books, urging authors to resist curbs on “freedom of expression”.

The New Daily

The rubber tree and the hopeful ant

Throughout January PostScript has been written from my house balcony in Chaiyaphum while taking in a view of avenues of rubber trees with the occasional intrusion of stray chickens. In fact, I am surrounded by rubber trees.

Bangkok Post

Anecdotes galore from Prince Harry’s Spare as global media blitz ends on late-night US talk show

Bombshell anecdotes and stories from Prince Harry in his memoir Spare, as media blitz ends in late-night US talk show

The New Daily

Frank Galati, pioneering Chicago theater artist and Oscar nominee, is dead at 79

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…

Chicago Tribune

US Judge lays out case for blocking publishing giants merger

A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster

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An unearthed John Steinbeck column probes the strength of U.S. democracy

Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck wrote about his homeland in Le Figaro.

The Independent UK

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Lost John Steinbeck essay about American democracy published

How About McCarthyism? was originally published in France in 1954 and its warning of ‘the taking of power by a self-interested group’ has now been translated

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Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy

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Steinbeck's tender letter to son sells for more than $32,000

A heartfelt letter written by author John Steinbeck offering paternal advice to his teenage son who was experiencing love for the first time has sold at auction for more than $32,000

The Independent UK

George Saunders: ‘This capitalism thing has got limits’

After winning the Booker Prize for debut novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, the author returns to the short-story form with new collection ‘Liberation Day’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about his fascination with Custer’s Last Stand, what John Steinbeck taught him about socialism and learning to embrace uncertainty

The Independent UK

Steinbeck's letter to son on love, 'the best thing,' on sale

A tender letter that author John Steinbeck penned to his son after the teen confessed he was in love for the first time is going up for auction

The Conversation

These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and…

Evening Standard

East of Eden: Florence Pugh set to star in new Netflix series written and produced by Zoe Kazan

The new series sees Zoe Kazan following in the footsteps of her grandfather Elia in bringing John Steinbeck’s novel to the screen

Chicago Sun-Times

Joffrey Ballet juxtaposes Steinbeck and Balanchine in emotionally jarring pairing

Because of its narrative simplicity and emotional power, “Of Mice and Men” turns out to be well-suited to adaptation as a ballet.

Tribune News Service

Traveling in style: Luxury RVs include all the comforts of home

TAMPA, Fla. — Americans have long been enamored of the open road. There was John Steinbeck circling the country in Travels With Charley. Buz and Tod tooling west on Route 66. Clark Griswold loading up the family for a National Lampoon’s Vacation.

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