TwinCities.com: Of Souder and Steinbeck: Minnesota author’s John Steinbeck biography praised by scholars and critics
John Steinbeck’s fiction is often held up as an exemplar of politically engaged art, but William Souder’s concise new biography, “Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck,” argues persuasively that ...
Star Tribune: REVIEW: 'Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck,' by William Souder
John Steinbeck hated success. Though he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Nobel Prize for literature, though he earned a fortune from his books and the movies inspired by them, the American ...
REVIEW: 'Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck,' by William Souder
“Mad at the World” seems, at first glance, an odd title for a book. But William Souder believes it conveys the personality and work of John Steinbeck, who brought social realism to the forefront in ...
Of Souder and Steinbeck: Minnesota author’s John Steinbeck biography praised by scholars and critics
Wall Street Journal: ‘Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck’ Review: The Poison Cup of Gold
In 1937, John Steinbeck began to be disturbed by unannounced visitors at the small cottage north of Monterey that he shared with his wife Carol. Steinbeck had just published “Of Mice and Men,” which ...
‘Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck’ Review: The Poison Cup of Gold
It is likely, but by no means certain, that in May 1938, the writers John Steinbeck and Sanora Babb met in a café near Arvin, California. Both were in town to chronicle the plight of migrants who were ...