When Steinbeck set off to write The Grapes of Wrath in the 1930s, his goal was crystal clear. He wanted to shame the ruling class, denounce their capitalistic greed that led to the Great Depression ...

In 1939, “The Grapes of Wrath,” a book by the journalist and author John Steinbeck, stood the nation on its ear with its heart-rending tale of the family Joad and their struggle just to eat. Their ...

John Steinbeck’s classic The Grapes of Wrath might be a bona fide Great American Novel but there’s something deeply un-American about its values. Dreaming isn’t enough, it argues. The system is rigged ...

I hadn’t read John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” for 50 years, until now. In it, the Joad family is forced to leave Oklahoma with hundreds of thousands of others during “The Dust Bowl” of the 1930s.

AND KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE HAS A PREVIEW TO THE RELATABLE. THEY’RE REAL WITH CHARACTERS THAT JUMP OFF THE PAGE. IT MIGHT BE THE MOST POPULAR BOOK OF OUR CULTURE. THAT’S WHY ONE KANSAS CITY PRODUCTION ...

London’s National Theatre has unveiled its summer season programming across its three stages. Frank Galati’s Tony-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath” is directed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ghostlight Players will present a theatrical adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” adapted by Frank Galati. Directed by Joseph Daly, “The Grapes of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AMC is developing a new anthology series, with the first season set to be an adaptation of the iconic John Steinbeck novel “The ...

The Joad family enters California in their beat-up Hudson sedan. Image for original trailer via Wikimedia Commons I watched the 1940 award-winning movie “Grapes of Wrath” recently. Nobel Prize-winning ...