A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck (1902-1968) who was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. His son’s stories bear the marks of his father’s storytelling gifts. Enjoy some rare insights into storytelling. Pat Conroy observes, “Thomas Steinbeck writes with grace, authority, and passion. If John Steinbeck were my father, I would not have the courage to write a laundry list or letter to the editor. But Thomas Steinbeck inherited his father’s great love of story. It is a grand thing to have a Steinbeck back in American letters.”

A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck (1902-1968) who was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. His son’s stories bear the marks of his father’s storytelling gifts. Enjoy some rare insights into storytelling. Pat Conroy observes, “Thomas Steinbeck writes with grace, authority, and passion. If John Steinbeck were my father, I would not have the courage to write a laundry list or letter to the editor. But Thomas Steinbeck inherited his father’s great love of story. It is a grand thing to have a Steinbeck back in American letters.”

A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck (1902-1968) who was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. His son’s stories bear the marks of his father’s storytelling gifts. Enjoy some rare insights into storytelling. Pat Conroy observes, “Thomas Steinbeck writes with grace, authority, and passion. If John Steinbeck were my father, I would not have the courage to write a laundry list or letter to the editor. But Thomas Steinbeck inherited his father’s great love of story. It is a grand thing to have a Steinbeck back in American letters.”

A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Walter Wangerin, Jr. about his book “Saint Julian.” Wangerin has worked as a university professor, a radio announcer, and a book reviewer; he has traveled with migrant farm workers, participated in a Lakota Indian sun dance, and has been pastor of an inner-city church. Finally, he has written more than thirty books that have become favorites of people in all walks of life and of all ages. His first novel, THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW, won both the National Book Award (Am.B.A., 1980) and The New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year.

 

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A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Walter Wangerin, Jr. about his book “Saint Julian.” Wangerin has worked as a university professor, a radio announcer, and a book reviewer; he has traveled with migrant farm workers, participated in a Lakota Indian sun dance, and has been pastor of an inner-city church. Finally, he has written more than thirty books that have become favorites of people in all walks of life and of all ages. His first novel, THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW, won both the National Book Award (Am.B.A., 1980) and The New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year.

A reprise of a Dick Staub Interview with Walter Wangerin, Jr. about his book “Saint Julian.” Wangerin has worked as a university professor, a radio announcer, and a book reviewer; he has traveled with migrant farm workers, participated in a Lakota Indian sun dance, and has been pastor of an inner-city church. Finally, he has written more than thirty books that have become favorites of people in all walks of life and of all ages. His first novel, THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW, won both the National Book Award (Am.B.A., 1980) and The New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year.