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...theater darkened for the premiere for Gary Sinise's adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic "Of Mice and Men," memories of my junior high English class came rushing back. I remember being totally awed by the story's great themes of Poverty, Friendship and Human Hope, all of which I dutifully memorized for the weekly literature quiz...
...writing some of the finest screenplays in American cinema, but he also experienced the Depression firsthand. His expertise allowed him to write the script in a mere ten weeks. Sinise also related how he and Foote were able to work cooperatively on the script, creating a shared vision of Steinbeck's work...
...theater darkened for the premiere of Gary Sinise's adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic "Of Mice and Men," memories of my junior high English class came rushing back. I remember being totally awed by the story's great themes of Poverty, Friendship and Human Hope, all of which I dutifully memorized for the weekly literature quiz...
...provide the voice of California today; it is Los Lobos, a Mexican-American rock band. Amy Tan novels and Boyz N the Hood are the artifacts of the new United States of California. And when it comes to the latest groups of immigrants -- as with the settlers in Steinbeck country -- few of the stereotypes apply: most of the state's Hispanics and Asians, not notably self- indulgent, are a long way from hydrotherapy classes or from sleeping with their therapists. The Filipino punk joint may be a symbol of the latest form of California strangeness -- polyglot multiculturalism -- but it hardly...
Toer is among the most important dissident authors of the 20th century. Imprisoned by the Dutch and Indonesian governments and still under city arrest in Jakarta, his large literary output includes novels, non-fiction, and translations of authors such as Steinbeck and Tolstoy...