Steinbeck Study Guide

Just a quick post today.  Back in 2008 and 2009, I was invovled in the Teaching Steinbeck project.  The Teaching Steinbeck project is an initiative from Martha Heasely Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University to provide a comprehensive resource of study aids for teachers, students and anyone looking to delve into the works of John Steinbeck.  I specifically co-authored the In Dubious Battle and East of Eden sections of this website.

The project has progressed rapidly over the past year and many guides to Steinbeck’s works are now uploaded onto the site and available to the public.  So if you are currently enjoying a Steinbeck novel, be sure to check out the Teaching Steinbeck project: http://as.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/teaching_steinbeck/index.jsp.

Happy reading!

Book Club Blues

I have a confession – I once belonged to a book club. It was about 4 years ago and I  sensed that many of my friends were weary of listening to me compare the lush descriptions of scenery in Kerouac novels to Steinbeck novels and describing the humor of Northanger Abbey. See, my friends are into novels written in the past decade. So I decided to look into book clubs to 1) find an outlet to discuss literature and 2) expose myself to novels written after 1960. Continue reading