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“Samuel leaned over the basket and put his finger against the small palm of one of the twins and the fingers closed and held on. “I guess the last bad habit a man will give up is advising.”
“I don’t want advice.”
“Nobody does. It’s a giver’s present. Go through the motions, Adam.”
“What motions?”
“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
“Why should I?” Adam asked.
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“Samuel leaned over the basket and put his finger against the small palm of one of the twins and the fingers closed and held on. “I guess the last bad habit a man will give up is advising.”
“I don’t want advice.”
“Nobody does. It’s a giver’s present. Go through the motions, Adam.”
“What motions?”
“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
“Why should I?” Adam asked.
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Quote of the Day
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
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Quote of the Day
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
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I guess it’s about time
Rojie’s prompt for today, May 29th, is:
If you’re making a time capsule for 2026, what goes in it?
I’d probably toss in box sets of Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy DVDs, because these future people might need things to laugh over whenever they open the time capsule up. And I suppose I should put a DVD player and instructions in there just in case because we know how fast technology evolves.
Music. Maybe copies of the 2,300+ Grateful Dead shows, but I’m positive those will endure on their own so what else? I don’t think I can narrow that down to just one answer so forget music.
How about some books? A copy of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath so people don’t forget. A copy of Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness so people can learn. A copy of the Bible with every printed page torn out and just one sheet of paper taped inside with three lines:
1) If it’s something that bothers you, or would bother you, don’t do it to other people.
2) Always be nice to the animals; I put them here for a reason. They don’t bother you and most of them are smarter than you. Yes, even the squirrels.
3) At least once per day, layeth the palm of your hand flat on a tree and tell that tree how much you love it and respect it. And do not cutteth down the trees for I liketh them and will mark your name down in a book you really don’t want your name marked down in.
(And just in the spirit of getting people to do goofy things)
4) Sayeth the word “four” twice when greeting people.On the idea of books, How about a classic book with a surprise or twist ending, maybe something by Agatha Christie, with the last page torn out? Equal parts mean and fun or just plain mean? Maybe do that with a bunch of books and toss them in the capsule. Then the future people can divide into groups called Finishers and calmly debate the different possible endings and share coffee and sweets. But maybe that’s not such a good idea because since they’re people and people don’t do anything calmly and they’ll more than likely violate commandment #1 above about 10 minutes after reading it, they’ll just use the different possible book finishes to start wars. The Finisher Wars. Finish Wars the banners and headlines will read so maybe there’s a little irony there.
I suppose I could write a letter to myself for the people who open the time capsule in the future to read. And thinking about that idea now, I could create a completely fictional version of life in 2026 and before that would confuse historians and maybe lead to the establishment of a new religion named after me where peanut butter is holy, chickens are sacred, and no one drinks milk. And people go to professional wrestling matches on Saturday or Sunday mornings because why not?
Oh, and a picture of Jennifer Aniston.
Four four.
A song for this prompt is easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1davKgBYM&list=RD9h1davKgBYM&start_radio=1
#AgathaChristie #animals #dailyprompt #DVD #film #JenniferAniston #JimCroce #JohnSteinbeck #Kindless #LaurelAndHardy #MarxBrothers #Mindfulness #ProWrestling #ProfessionalWrestling #TheBible #ThichNhatHanh #TimeCapsule #travel -
I guess it’s about time
Rojie’s prompt for today, May 29th, is:
If you’re making a time capsule for 2026, what goes in it?
I’d probably toss in box sets of Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy DVDs, because these future people might need things to laugh over whenever they open the time capsule up. And I suppose I should put a DVD player and instructions in there just in case because we know how fast technology evolves.
Music. Maybe copies of the 2,300+ Grateful Dead shows, but I’m positive those will endure on their own so what else? I don’t think I can narrow that down to just one answer so forget music.
How about some books? A copy of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath so people don’t forget. A copy of Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness so people can learn. A copy of the Bible with every printed page torn out and just one sheet of paper taped inside with three lines:
1) If it’s something that bothers you, or would bother you, don’t do it to other people.
2) Always be nice to the animals; I put them here for a reason. They don’t bother you and most of them are smarter than you. Yes, even the squirrels.
3) At least once per day, layeth the palm of your hand flat on a tree and tell that tree how much you love it and respect it. And do not cutteth down the trees for I liketh them and will mark your name down in a book you really don’t want your name marked down in.
(And just in the spirit of getting people to do goofy things)
4) Sayeth the word “four” twice when greeting people.On the idea of books, How about a classic book with a surprise or twist ending, maybe something by Agatha Christie, with the last page torn out? Equal parts mean and fun or just plain mean? Maybe do that with a bunch of books and toss them in the capsule. Then the future people can divide into groups called Finishers and calmly debate the different possible endings and share coffee and sweets. But maybe that’s not such a good idea because since they’re people and people don’t do anything calmly and they’ll more than likely violate commandment #1 above about 10 minutes after reading it, they’ll just use the different possible book finishes to start wars. The Finisher Wars. Finish Wars the banners and headlines will read so maybe there’s a little irony there.
I suppose I could write a letter to myself for the people who open the time capsule in the future to read. And thinking about that idea now, I could create a completely fictional version of life in 2026 and before that would confuse historians and maybe lead to the establishment of a new religion named after me where peanut butter is holy, chickens are sacred, and no one drinks milk. And people go to professional wrestling matches on Saturday or Sunday mornings because why not?
Oh, and a picture of Jennifer Aniston.
Four four.
A song for this prompt is easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1davKgBYM&list=RD9h1davKgBYM&start_radio=1
#AgathaChristie #animals #dailyprompt #DVD #film #JenniferAniston #JimCroce #JohnSteinbeck #Kindless #LaurelAndHardy #MarxBrothers #Mindfulness #ProWrestling #ProfessionalWrestling #TheBible #ThichNhatHanh #TimeCapsule #travel -
We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue
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We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/83944…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #eastofeden #contest #goodandevil #humannature #innerdemons #innerself #internalstruggle #knowthyself #managainsthimself #morality #myth #novel #poetry #story #temptation #vice #virtue
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular
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People and books that helped form who I am today:
#GrahamGreene
#JohnUpdike
#WalkerPercy
#kurtvonnegutjr
#JohnIrving
#RalphEllison
#HermannHesse
#LorenEiseley
#JamesBaldwin
#JohnSteinbeck
#RayBradbury
#FrankHerbert
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#MalcomX
#KimStanleyRobinson
#JulianJaynes
#SomeTimesAGreatNotion
#WendellBerry
#WhatArePeopleFor
#EdwardAbbey
#DesertSolitaire
#TomRussell
#CarlHiaasen
#MichaelPollan
#BotanyOfDesire
#PattiSmith
#MichaelStipe
#DavidSedaris
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People and books that helped form who I am today:
#GrahamGreene
#JohnUpdike
#WalkerPercy
#kurtvonnegutjr
#JohnIrving
#RalphEllison
#HermannHesse
#LorenEiseley
#JamesBaldwin
#JohnSteinbeck
#RayBradbury
#FrankHerbert
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#MalcomX
#KimStanleyRobinson
#JulianJaynes
#SomeTimesAGreatNotion
#WendellBerry
#WhatArePeopleFor
#EdwardAbbey
#DesertSolitaire
#TomRussell
#CarlHiaasen
#MichaelPollan
#BotanyOfDesire
#PattiSmith
#MichaelStipe
#DavidSedaris
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EAST OF EDEN (2026) TV Mini-series Trailer: Florence Pugh stars in Steinbach's Timeless Good & Evil Tale
Link: https://film-book.com/east-of-eden-2026-tv-mini-series-trailer/?fsp_sid=201077
#ChristopherAbbott #EastofEden #FlorencePugh #HoonLee #JohnSteinbeck #MikeFaist #Netflix #TVMiniSeriesPoster #TVMiniSeriesTrailer #ZoeKazan
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EAST OF EDEN (2026) TV Mini-series Trailer: Florence Pugh stars in Steinbach's Timeless Good & Evil Tale
Link: https://film-book.com/east-of-eden-2026-tv-mini-series-trailer/?fsp_sid=201077
#ChristopherAbbott #EastofEden #FlorencePugh #HoonLee #JohnSteinbeck #MikeFaist #Netflix #TVMiniSeriesPoster #TVMiniSeriesTrailer #ZoeKazan
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A little patch of land.
Bread on the table.
A dear friend you can talk to.
A small house you can call Home.
Rabbits…Such a modest dream. And yet so impossibly out of reach.
Which character from this story stayed with you the most?
#Steinbeck #books #fiction #shortstory #OfMiceandMen #story #JohnSteinbeck #book #bookstodon @bookstodon #tragedy #loneliness #literature #discussion #classic #booksky #BookDiscussion #BookTok #bookstagram #bookstadon #bookstack #friends
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A little patch of land.
Bread on the table.
A dear friend you can talk to.
A small house you can call Home.
Rabbits…Such a modest dream. And yet so impossibly out of reach.
Which character from this story stayed with you the most?
#Steinbeck #books #fiction #shortstory #OfMiceandMen #story #JohnSteinbeck #book #bookstodon @bookstodon #tragedy #loneliness #literature #discussion #classic #booksky #BookDiscussion #BookTok #bookstagram #bookstadon #bookstack #friends
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I’m about to start a new #BookAtBedtime: #TheGrapesOfWrath by #JohnSteinbeck.
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I’m about to start a new #BookAtBedtime: #TheGrapesOfWrath by #JohnSteinbeck.
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The road theJoad family take in Grapes of Wrath is described as “The Mother Road”, which is actually Route 66. 10 fac ts about Grapes of Wrath, published on this date in 1939.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/14-april-grapes-of-wrath.html
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The road theJoad family take in Grapes of Wrath is described as “The Mother Road”, which is actually Route 66. 10 fac ts about Grapes of Wrath, published on this date in 1939.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/14-april-grapes-of-wrath.html
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“The things we admire in men, #kindness and #generosity, #openness, #honesty, #understanding and feeling are the concomitants of #failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, #greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, #egotism and #self-interest are the traits of success.” - #JohnSteinbeck
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“The things we admire in men, #kindness and #generosity, #openness, #honesty, #understanding and feeling are the concomitants of #failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, #greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, #egotism and #self-interest are the traits of success.” - #JohnSteinbeck
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Time for a new #BookAtBedtime. So, tonight I will be starting #OfMiceAndMen by #JohnSteinbeck.
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Time for a new #BookAtBedtime. So, tonight I will be starting #OfMiceAndMen by #JohnSteinbeck.
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On holiday; since we are going to the Sea of Cortez, got 'the' book...
(with map In the frontispiece, like any worthwhile book...)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Log_from_the_Sea_of_Cortez
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#map #mapping #SeaOfCortez #history #intertidal #JohnSteinbeck #EdRicketts #Mexico #Baja #nerdcruise #JoCo #pretentious -
On holiday; since we are going to the Sea of Cortez, got 'the' book...
(with map In the frontispiece, like any worthwhile book...)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Log_from_the_Sea_of_Cortez
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#map #mapping #SeaOfCortez #history #intertidal #JohnSteinbeck #EdRicketts #Mexico #Baja #nerdcruise #JoCo #pretentious -
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This adaptation of #JohnSteinbeck's #OfMiceAndMen with #LonChaney & #BurgessMeredeth was a favorite of mine when I was young + rewatching it now, it did not disappoint. Nominated for 4 #Oscars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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This adaptation of #JohnSteinbeck's #OfMiceAndMen with #LonChaney & #BurgessMeredeth was a favorite of mine when I was young + rewatching it now, it did not disappoint. Nominated for 4 #Oscars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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Finished *The Pearl* this morning. Loved it, and was especially smitten with his adventures in leitmotif: music of the pearl, music of the family, music of evil.
Replace the pearl with a ring and it has me thinking about Das Rheingold. Steinbeck used music a lot in *Cannery Row*, too, esp. classical references.
My first reading was ages ago. Definitely didn't remember that.
Apparently you can see the Steinbeck's personal music collection at the link, which is cool. Very eclectic! No Ring cycle in sight though. 😆
https://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/resources/steinbeck-music-collection.php
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Finished *The Pearl* this morning. Loved it, and was especially smitten with his adventures in leitmotif: music of the pearl, music of the family, music of evil.
Replace the pearl with a ring and it has me thinking about Das Rheingold. Steinbeck used music a lot in *Cannery Row*, too, esp. classical references.
My first reading was ages ago. Definitely didn't remember that.
Apparently you can see the Steinbeck's personal music collection at the link, which is cool. Very eclectic! No Ring cycle in sight though. 😆
https://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/resources/steinbeck-music-collection.php
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:stargif: 𝑪𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒖𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒔 :stargif:
En 1939 apareció una novela que provocó algo bastante inusual para un libro: miedo entre algunas de las personas más poderosas de Estados Unidos.
Intentaron retirarlo de bibliotecas.
Lo acusaron de propaganda peligrosa.
En algunos lugares incluso lo quemaron en público.El libro se llamaba Las uvas de la ira y su autor era John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck había nacido en 1902 en Salinas, en pleno valle agrícola de California.
Su familia era relativamente estable: su padre trabajaba para el gobierno del condado y su madre era maestra.
No creció en la miseria ni en los márgenes.Podría haber llevado una vida tranquila y escribir novelas cómodas.
Pero eligió mirar donde casi nadie quería mirar.
Durante los años treinta, Estados Unidos estaba atravesando uno de los momentos más duros de su historia.
La Gran Depresión había arruinado a millones de personas y, al mismo tiempo, una catástrofe ambiental conocida como el Dust Bowl convirtió enormes zonas agrícolas en polvo.Estados como Oklahoma, Texas o Kansas quedaron devastados por tormentas de tierra que arrasaban cultivos enteros.
Miles de familias campesinas perdieron sus tierras.
Sin muchas opciones, cargaron sus pertenencias en coches viejos y emprendieron un largo viaje hacia California.
Habían oído que allí había trabajo en los campos.La realidad era muy distinta.
Las grandes explotaciones agrícolas necesitaban mano de obra barata.
Para mantener los salarios bajos, contrataban a más trabajadores de los que realmente necesitaban.
Así los propios trabajadores competían entre sí por cualquier empleo.Las condiciones eran durísimas.
Familias enteras vivían en campamentos improvisados.
Muchos no tenían agua potable ni atención médica.
Los salarios apenas alcanzaban para comer y los niños enfermaban con frecuencia por desnutrición.Cuando los trabajadores intentaban organizarse para pedir mejores condiciones, muchas veces eran expulsados de los campamentos o intimidados por guardias armados contratados por las empresas agrícolas.
Steinbeck decidió verlo con sus propios ojos.
A mediados de los años treinta empezó a visitar los campamentos de trabajadores migrantes en el Valle Central de California.
No fue solo como periodista.
Pasó tiempo allí, habló con las familias y escuchó historias que casi nadie estaba contando.Lo que vio lo marcó profundamente.
Primero escribió una serie de reportajes titulada The Harvest Gypsies, publicada en el periódico The San Francisco News.
Aquellos artículos denunciaban la situación de los trabajadores migrantes.Pero Steinbeck sentía que eso no era suficiente.
Así nació Las uvas de la ira.
La novela sigue a la familia Joad, campesinos de Oklahoma expulsados de su tierra que viajan hacia California buscando trabajo y terminan atrapados en un sistema que los explota y los trata como si fueran desechables.
El libro no suavizaba nada.
Había hambre, desesperación, injusticia y rabia.
Cuando se publicó en abril de 1939, el impacto fue inmediato.
En pocos meses vendió cientos de miles de ejemplares y se convirtió en uno de los libros más comentados del país.Pero en los condados agrícolas de California la reacción fue furiosa.
Algunas organizaciones agrícolas acusaron a Steinbeck de exagerar o mentir.
Otros lo llamaron comunista.
Decían que el libro atacaba la economía del estado.En ciertos lugares fue retirado de bibliotecas.
En otros, directamente quemado.
Incluso en su ciudad natal, Salinas, hubo personas que organizaron hogueras públicas con ejemplares del libro mientras acusaban a Steinbeck de traicionar a su propia comunidad.
Las amenazas también empezaron a llegar.
Pero ocurrió algo curioso: cuanto más intentaban desacreditar el libro, más gente quería leerlo.
La polémica lo convirtió en un fenómeno nacional.
En 1940, apenas un año después de publicarse, Las uvas de la ira ganó el Premio Pulitzer de Ficción.
Poco después también fue llevada al cine por el director John Ford, con Henry Fonda interpretando a Tom Joad.
La película se estrenó ese mismo año y reforzó todavía más el impacto de la historia.Pero quizá el reconocimiento más importante llegó de otro lugar.
Muchos trabajadores migrantes escribieron cartas a Steinbeck agradeciéndole el libro.
Decían que por primera vez alguien había contado lo que realmente estaban viviendo.Steinbeck siguió escribiendo durante toda su vida sobre personajes que rara vez aparecían en la literatura: trabajadores, marginados y gente común enfrentándose a sistemas injustos.
En 1962 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura.
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#historia #literatura #libros #johnsteinbeck #lasuvasdelaira #historiadeliteraria #grandeprension #dustbowl #historiareal #cultura #curiosidadeshistoricas
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:stargif: 𝑪𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒖𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒔 :stargif:
En 1939 apareció una novela que provocó algo bastante inusual para un libro: miedo entre algunas de las personas más poderosas de Estados Unidos.
Intentaron retirarlo de bibliotecas.
Lo acusaron de propaganda peligrosa.
En algunos lugares incluso lo quemaron en público.El libro se llamaba Las uvas de la ira y su autor era John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck había nacido en 1902 en Salinas, en pleno valle agrícola de California.
Su familia era relativamente estable: su padre trabajaba para el gobierno del condado y su madre era maestra.
No creció en la miseria ni en los márgenes.Podría haber llevado una vida tranquila y escribir novelas cómodas.
Pero eligió mirar donde casi nadie quería mirar.
Durante los años treinta, Estados Unidos estaba atravesando uno de los momentos más duros de su historia.
La Gran Depresión había arruinado a millones de personas y, al mismo tiempo, una catástrofe ambiental conocida como el Dust Bowl convirtió enormes zonas agrícolas en polvo.Estados como Oklahoma, Texas o Kansas quedaron devastados por tormentas de tierra que arrasaban cultivos enteros.
Miles de familias campesinas perdieron sus tierras.
Sin muchas opciones, cargaron sus pertenencias en coches viejos y emprendieron un largo viaje hacia California.
Habían oído que allí había trabajo en los campos.La realidad era muy distinta.
Las grandes explotaciones agrícolas necesitaban mano de obra barata.
Para mantener los salarios bajos, contrataban a más trabajadores de los que realmente necesitaban.
Así los propios trabajadores competían entre sí por cualquier empleo.Las condiciones eran durísimas.
Familias enteras vivían en campamentos improvisados.
Muchos no tenían agua potable ni atención médica.
Los salarios apenas alcanzaban para comer y los niños enfermaban con frecuencia por desnutrición.Cuando los trabajadores intentaban organizarse para pedir mejores condiciones, muchas veces eran expulsados de los campamentos o intimidados por guardias armados contratados por las empresas agrícolas.
Steinbeck decidió verlo con sus propios ojos.
A mediados de los años treinta empezó a visitar los campamentos de trabajadores migrantes en el Valle Central de California.
No fue solo como periodista.
Pasó tiempo allí, habló con las familias y escuchó historias que casi nadie estaba contando.Lo que vio lo marcó profundamente.
Primero escribió una serie de reportajes titulada The Harvest Gypsies, publicada en el periódico The San Francisco News.
Aquellos artículos denunciaban la situación de los trabajadores migrantes.Pero Steinbeck sentía que eso no era suficiente.
Así nació Las uvas de la ira.
La novela sigue a la familia Joad, campesinos de Oklahoma expulsados de su tierra que viajan hacia California buscando trabajo y terminan atrapados en un sistema que los explota y los trata como si fueran desechables.
El libro no suavizaba nada.
Había hambre, desesperación, injusticia y rabia.
Cuando se publicó en abril de 1939, el impacto fue inmediato.
En pocos meses vendió cientos de miles de ejemplares y se convirtió en uno de los libros más comentados del país.Pero en los condados agrícolas de California la reacción fue furiosa.
Algunas organizaciones agrícolas acusaron a Steinbeck de exagerar o mentir.
Otros lo llamaron comunista.
Decían que el libro atacaba la economía del estado.En ciertos lugares fue retirado de bibliotecas.
En otros, directamente quemado.
Incluso en su ciudad natal, Salinas, hubo personas que organizaron hogueras públicas con ejemplares del libro mientras acusaban a Steinbeck de traicionar a su propia comunidad.
Las amenazas también empezaron a llegar.
Pero ocurrió algo curioso: cuanto más intentaban desacreditar el libro, más gente quería leerlo.
La polémica lo convirtió en un fenómeno nacional.
En 1940, apenas un año después de publicarse, Las uvas de la ira ganó el Premio Pulitzer de Ficción.
Poco después también fue llevada al cine por el director John Ford, con Henry Fonda interpretando a Tom Joad.
La película se estrenó ese mismo año y reforzó todavía más el impacto de la historia.Pero quizá el reconocimiento más importante llegó de otro lugar.
Muchos trabajadores migrantes escribieron cartas a Steinbeck agradeciéndole el libro.
Decían que por primera vez alguien había contado lo que realmente estaban viviendo.Steinbeck siguió escribiendo durante toda su vida sobre personajes que rara vez aparecían en la literatura: trabajadores, marginados y gente común enfrentándose a sistemas injustos.
En 1962 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura.
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User Story - Bringing Steinbeck & Ricketts Into The MBON Era
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https://marinebon.org/blog/2026/02/26/user-story-bringing-steinbeck-ricketts-into-the-mbon-era/ <-- shared technical article 🔗
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https://marinebon.org/p2p/about.html <-- shared MBON Pole to Pole initiative 🔗
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[As a US naturalized citizen, ‘Travels with Charley’ is one of my favourite travel/Americana books (just behind Least Heat Moon’s ‘Blue Highways’), storytelling supreme, especially with Steinbeck’s personal situation at the time; this building on that exploration and observation - including ‘Log from the Sea of Cortez’ - is truly a joy to see]
#Biodiversity #change #OceanScience #MarineBiology #ClimateChange #MBON #Conservation #revisiting #SeaOfCortez #Mexico #monitoring #survey #GIS #spatial #mapping #biology #ecosystems #spatiotemporal #Americas #MBONPoleToPole #GreenFlashConservationScience #conservation #intertidal #DNA #collection #sampling #naturalhistory #Baja #marine #coast #coastal #JohnSteinbeck #EdRicketts #science #citizenscience #tidepool
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User Story - Bringing Steinbeck & Ricketts Into The MBON Era
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https://marinebon.org/blog/2026/02/26/user-story-bringing-steinbeck-ricketts-into-the-mbon-era/ <-- shared technical article 🔗
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https://marinebon.org/p2p/about.html <-- shared MBON Pole to Pole initiative 🔗
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[As a US naturalized citizen, ‘Travels with Charley’ is one of my favourite travel/Americana books (just behind Least Heat Moon’s ‘Blue Highways’), storytelling supreme, especially with Steinbeck’s personal situation at the time; this building on that exploration and observation - including ‘Log from the Sea of Cortez’ - is truly a joy to see]
#Biodiversity #change #OceanScience #MarineBiology #ClimateChange #MBON #Conservation #revisiting #SeaOfCortez #Mexico #monitoring #survey #GIS #spatial #mapping #biology #ecosystems #spatiotemporal #Americas #MBONPoleToPole #GreenFlashConservationScience #conservation #intertidal #DNA #collection #sampling #naturalhistory #Baja #marine #coast #coastal #JohnSteinbeck #EdRicketts #science #citizenscience #tidepool
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"In the town they tell the story of the great pearl--how it was found and how it was lost again."
-- First sentence of Steinbeck's *The Pearl*
#ThePearl #JohnSteinbeck #ReadingNotes #FirstSentences #Bookstodon
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Started this morning. Will probably read quite quick, but notes will go here.
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"In the town they tell the story of the great pearl--how it was found and how it was lost again."
-- First sentence of Steinbeck's *The Pearl*
#ThePearl #JohnSteinbeck #ReadingNotes #FirstSentences #Bookstodon
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Started this morning. Will probably read quite quick, but notes will go here.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (27 Feb 1902-1968) -
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (27 Feb 1902-1968) -
Born this day in 1902, John Steinbeck.
"Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry n’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build—why, I’ll be there. See? God, I’m talkin’ like Casy. Comes of thinkin’ about him so much. Seems like I can see him sometimes." ~ Tom Joad
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Born this day in 1902, John Steinbeck.
"Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry n’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build—why, I’ll be there. See? God, I’m talkin’ like Casy. Comes of thinkin’ about him so much. Seems like I can see him sometimes." ~ Tom Joad
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John Steinbeck had a pet rat called Burgess which would sit on his shoulder while he was driving. 10 things you might not know about John Steinbeck.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/02/27-february-john-steinbeck.html
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No one wants advice — only corroboration.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
The Winter of Our Discontent, Part I, ch. 6 (1961)More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/3714/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #advice #agreement #approval #corroboration #counsel #humannature #support
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You can be good
…and now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
~ John Steinbeckslip:4a131.
#JohnSteinbeck #Quotes
