Month: August 2012

Banned Books Awareness: “The Grapes of Wrath”

August 12, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 8

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, was first published in 1939 and would achieve both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize that same year. When Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 the novel was referenced frequently. Set during the Great Depression, the story centers […]

Banned Books Awareness: Gore Vidal (A Tribute)

August 5, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 2

The literary world lost another icon this week when Gore Vidal, author, playwright, politician, and commentator, died at the age of 86 last Tuesday from complications due to pneumonia. His over-the-top wit and unconventional wisdom shined in his literature and public opinions. He had a sullen regard for lost worlds, […]