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Apr.02.2013
She's had a love affair with Cannery Row since the 1960s and actor and environmentalist Leonardo Di Caprio says of Eva Lothar's film ``Street of the Sardine,'' ``This poignant depiction of the delicate balance between man and nature still resonates today.''
The late marine biologist Ed Ricketts ``...
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Mar.01.2013
I was astonished and disappointed at a recent book store event when the speaker, an esteemed university professor for whom I have great respect, denounced as sexist the terms "jailbait" and "poison" used by “the men” in Of Mice and Men regarding Curley's wife. The offensive language was the...
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Feb.27.2013
John was born Feb. 27, 1902, Salinas, California.
All blue collar and agricultural workers owe him a debt. Harvest Gypsies, In Dubious Battle, The Grapes of Wrath.
Call from New York and Eliane Steinbeck years ago. "Could you please pick up the telephone book, Mr. Hauk, and tell me how many times...
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Jan.08.2013
It seems, no novel has been adapted to the screen more times than The Great Gatsby. The F. Scott Fitzgerald work has been filmed five times, and is again, in production. Notable versions include a 1926 silent film starring Warner Baxter and a very young William Powell; a 1949 Golden Age ...
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Jan.05.2013
It was found under several layers of wall behind the bar at the La Ida Cafe on Monterey, California's Cannery Row, a mural from the old days – a man with large ears and startled eyes enjoying a drink it seems, someone nearby hoisting a martini glass.
Is it John Steinbeck? He is without moustache,...
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Dec.01.2012
When the heirs to A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Steinbeck's works went to court in 2009, they wanted to vacate publishing rights and regain control of the works and money generated. Milne's heirs failed to win against Disney studios and the Supreme Court refused to hear Steinbeck's heirs case....
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Oct.28.2012
Let's see. The debates.
The president said, `Global warming is a huge threat to man's continued existence.'
Romney replied, `Yes, and when I am elected I will save us.'
`Oh? What's your plan?' said Obama, eyebrow raised.
`Air conditioning,'' said Romney.
`Not bad,' conceded the president. `But don'...
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Sep.30.2012
Extremism weakens an argument and such is the case with Gardner in the following excerpt from his The Art of Fiction: "One trouble with having read nothing worth reading is that one never fully understands the other side of one's argument, never understands that the argument is an old one (all...
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Sep.29.2012
I just went into the internet to search Morgan Stock and got mainly Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley ``stocks.'' I thought, ``Wow, can't get much more contrast than Morgan Stock and Morgan Stanley stocks.''
Morgan Stock, after all, was an actor, director and compelling theater figure. They held a...
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Aug.29.2012
Children wearing new clothes and carrying bright backpacks stand huddled waiting for the yellow buses that now dot the roads. A collective sigh can be heard from all the mothers who now have a few hours of quiet. Yes, school is back. Sharpened pencils, crammed notebooks and...
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