Steinbeck and Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld I had the pleasure of reading this remarkable correspondence between John Steinbeck and Dag Hammarskjöld, the 2nd secretary-general of the U.N. The letters offer a fascinating glimpse into Hammarskjöld’s wide-ranging intellectual and artistic interests. It also reveals the deep respect that developed between two men who, though working in very different … [Read More...]
Steinbeck Now Moves to San José State
SAN JOSE, CA: The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at SJSU announces the acquisition of Steinbeck Now, the leading source for news about Steinbeck’s … [Read More...]
New Video from San Jose State University on John Steinbeck: A Writer’s Vision
San Jose State University’s Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies continues four decades of distinguished service to scholars, teachers, and students with … [Read More...]
A Chance Christmas Dinner with John Steinbeck in 1947
A chance Christmas dinner with John Steinbeck helped set the course of a young man’s life as an adventurer and Pan American pilot who crisscrossed the world many times–and then wrote a book about it. Charles Cutting honored Steinbeck by using the year of their … [Read More...]
Saved! John Steinbeck’s Retreat in Sag Harbor
Thanks to local support and international interest, the waterfront property in Sag Harbor, New York, from which John Steinbeck set forth in Travels with Charley joins three properties in California which were similarly associated with Steinbeck's life and … [Read More...]
For John Steinbeck, the Rains in Pajaro Hit Home
The word pajaro means bird in Spanish, and Central California’s Pajaro Valley may have inspired the setting of John Steinbeck’s 1936 American strike novel, In Dubious Battle. But the town of Pajaro, California, in Monterey County—the setting of so much great … [Read More...]
A Steinbeck Vade Mecum by Steinbeck’s Great Evangelist
The November 2022 publication of Steinbeck’s Imaginarium was propitious. Its publisher, the University of New Mexico Press, published Steinbeck and His Critics: A Record of Twenty-Five Years in 1957, when Steinbeck was still in touch with “Skunkfoot Hill,” his … [Read More...]
