Steinbeck’s Landscapes Talk at California’s First Theater

Celebrate the release of Susan Shillinglaw’s new book titled Steinbeck’s Landscapes with a free talk in California’s First Theater (Pacific Street and Scott Street, Monterey) on November 6th at 6pm. This beautiful work utilizes historic images, contemporary photos, quotes and excerpts from Nobel Prize-winning writer and to characterize him as a predominantly environmental writer. It highlights the environments, including the Salinas Valley and the Monterey Peninsula, that Steinbeck cherished and explored in his novels and non-fiction.

Shillinglaw was previously the director of San Jose State University’s Center for Steinbeck Studies for 18 years and was the director of the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas from 2015 to 2018. She is also the author of several books on Steinbeck including 2013’s Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage, 2014’s On Reading The Grapes of Wrath, 2019’s A Journey into Steinbeck’s California and 2024’s Steinbeck’s Uneasy America: Rereading Travels with Charley.

Copies of Steinbeck’s Landscapes will be available for purchase at the event. Following the talk, Shillinglaw will be available to sign books.

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