Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel continues to connect readers with over 15 million copies sold.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The late John Steinbeck’s literature is not just a critical part of the American literary canon, but intrinsic to American ...

Sanora Babb’s interviews about the Dust Bowl informed “The Grapes of Wrath.” The book’s success led to the cancellation of her own book contract. “Riding Like the Wind” tells her life story. By Robert ...

The Steinbeck classic was banned and burned in a number of cities, including Kern County, Calif. — the endpoint of the Joad family's fictional... 'Grapes Of Wrath' And The Politics of Book Burning ...

At the end of John Steinbeck’s epic 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” disillusioned “Okie” Tom Joad leaves his family in Central California to devote himself to social justice for workers. But what if ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...