Course Description:What is the Steinbeck Award? Since 1996, San Jose State’s Center for Steinbeck Studies has been giving the “John Steinbeck Award: ‘In the Souls of the People’” to writers, artists and activists whose work embodies Steinbeck’s commitment to social engagement, the environment and marginalized voices. “In the souls of the people” comes from Chapter 25 of "The Grapes of Wrath," the most incendiary chapter in the book, expressing the writer’s dismay at social injustice. |
Tuition: $50.00 Additional Fees: $0.00 |
Thursdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 *10:00 a.m. - noon* (5 sessions)
This course will be offered via Livestream Zoom and will NOT be recorded or available for later viewing.
Susan Shillinglaw, Ph.D., is Professor of English Emerita, San José State University, and served as Director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies at SJSU for 18 years.