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Kevin Hearle
lyrical narratives (poetry and prose), and literary criticism

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PUBLISHED: Nov.07.2006

Essential Mary Austin: A Selection of Mary Austin's Best Writing

A collection--edited by, and with an introduction by, Kevin Hearle--of the best and most representative California works of Mary Austin, including the entire text of her classic book The Land of Little Rain; a number of her finest short stories; the first chapter of her long- suppressed but wonderful feminist novel Cactus Thorn; selections from her non-fiction work The Flock; her...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.01.1997

The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism, 2nd edition

This, the 2nd Viking Critical Library edition of John Steinbeck's classic novel, reinstates the author's original (and previously expurgated) text, and bundles that with an excerpt from the Benson biography of Steinbeck, an updated essay on the critical reception of the novel, a series of discussion questions, and a wealth of scholarly essays about various aspects of The Grapes of...

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3rd edition, with cover art by Stew Henderson

PUBLISHED: May.30.1994

Each Thing We Know Is Changed Because We Know It, and Other Poems

All places are complicated, because what one becomes depends on them, but I think poets who are native Californian's have bewildering ironic relationships to the place, and not just because California has changed. It's that there are references so strange, so odd, one feels he couldn't explain them to anyone.... Like Didion or Hass, Kevin Hearle is obsessed by an identity that...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.07.2008

"'These Are American People': The Spectre of Eugenics in _Their Blood Is Strong_ and _The Grapes of Wrath_."

An analysis of the influence of eugenic theory and language on John Steinbeck's thinking and tactics as he was preparing to write, and writing, The Grapes of Wrath.

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PUBLISHED: Sep.07.2008

"John Steinbeck" in _Dictionary of Literary Biography_ Vol. 332

17 page (double column) critical biography of John Steinbeck, the American Nobel Laureate in Literature.

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PUBLISHED: Jul.16.2008

Beyond Boundaries: Rereading John Steinbeck

This volume collects a selection of scholarly papers originally presented at the Fourth International Steinbeck Congress. It begins with an introduction by the co-editors--Kevin Hearle and Susan Shillinglaw--discussing the organization of the book. The essays are grouped into four sections: I. Beyond Boundaries (focusing on new contextualizations of Steinbeck's works and on his...

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Oct.06.2011 - 4:19 am

If I were poet laureate

Having been nominated for laurels a few times now, I have--somewhat vaingloriously, I admit--allowed myself to consider what I might do if the honor were ever...

About Kevin

I am a 5th generation Californian, descended from '49ers who headed south in 1870. My great-great grandfather was the first doctor in Santa Ana. I was born in Santa Ana and raised there and in Irvine. I moved to Northern California to attend Stanford...

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Causes Kevin Hearle Supports

The Heyday Institute
The California Legacy Project of Santa Clara University
City Arts of San Mateo

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lyrical narratives (poetry and prose), and literary criticism