A run-of-the-mill book
18 Jan 2019 | David DoepelIn 1989 I was in San Francisco for a conference. I can mark the date easily enough as it was just after the Loma Prieta Earthquake. I had an afternoon off and visited a museum or a gallery I can’t quite remember which. I had only been in the States a couple of years (working on a PhD at Boston University), and I was still drinking in the culture. As I wandered the space, I came across an installation dedicated to a book that was having its 50th anniversary. I had heard of John Steinbeck, I had heard of the Grapes of Wrath but had never read it. I remember someone telling me it was one of the m...
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