John Steinbeck: The Journals of a Novelist
Tuesday, October 08 2024
Two journals John Steinbeck kept while writing his two most famous novels provide an intimate look into the author’s creative process.
- Published in Features
The Best John Steinbeck Biographies, Part II
Friday, July 12 2024
Russ Eagle builds on his previous list of John Steinbeck biographies by looking at works that focus on specific relationships and periods in the author’s life.
- Published in Books
Literary Time Travel — Step Into Carl Sandburg’s World in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains
Friday, June 21 2024
A visit to the Blue Ridge Mountains home of America’s beloved poet, Carl Sandburg.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
The Best John Steinbeck Biographies, Part I
Tuesday, June 11 2024
As Clay prepares for the second leg of his Travels with Charley journey, Russ Eagle calls out the best John Steinbeck biographies.
- Published in Books
John Steinbeck’s True Motivations for Hitting the Road in 1960
Thursday, April 25 2024
As Clay begins his great Travels With Charley journey, our resident Steinbeck specialist, Russ Eagle, weighs in on what spurred the Nobel Prize-winning author to take to the road in a custom truck camper and his dog in 1960.
- Published in Features
The Western Flyer: Steinbeck’s Boat, The Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries
Tuesday, November 28 2023
Russ Eagle reviews Kevin Bailey’s book about the legendary boat made famous by Steinbeck.
- Published in Books
75 Years Later, Steinbeck’s Western Flyer Returns to Monterey
Monday, November 13 2023
The fishing boat that took the author and his friend Ed Ricketts on their famous expedition to the Gulf of California in 1940 was pulled literally from the ocean floor for an eight-year, $7 million makeover. Recently, it returned to Monterey Harbor, ready to return to work. Listening to America's special Steinbeck correspondent, Russ Eagle, was there to cover the event.
- Published in Features