As bully, Trump resembles Curley in “Of Mice and Men.” Recently Biden, like Lennie, struck back.
Tag Archives: John Steinbeck
Life Lessons from Russian Masters
Acc. to George Saunders, much of what we need to know about life can be learned from Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol.
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What Russia Can Expect If It Wins
If the Russians were to conquer Ukraine, Steinbeck’s “The Moon Is Down” gives us a good picture of what could happen next.
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Michelle Obama’s Favorite Books
Tuesday The indispensable “By the Book” column in the New YorkTimes recently interviewed Michelle Obama about her favorite books, and her answers are fascinating. I’ll list them and then discuss the patterns I see: Novels she’s currently reading –Zadie Smith, White Teeth, which Malia also loves –Tayari Jones, American Marriage –Mohsid Hamid, Exit West –Anne Patchett, […]
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Facebook Didn’t Know Its Own Strength
A Facebook employee compared Mark Zuckerberg to Lennie in “Of Mice and Men,” a man who didn’t know his own strength in the 2016 election.
Can Art Thwart Trump? A Debate
In which I argue with a writer who claims that art and artists have an inflated sense of their power and that they are irrelevant in the battle against Donald Trump.
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A Kind of Light Spread Out from Her
John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” contributed to the naming of my latest granddaughter.
Steinbeck Described Anti-Migrant Protests
The social unrest caused by the flood of immigrants crossing the American border is described in “The Grapes of Wrath.”
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