Velshi Banned Book Club: 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck - Velshi - MSNBC

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The late John Steinbeck’s literature is not just a critical part of the American literary canon, but intrinsic to American identity itself. With every deeply relatable, ordinary protagonist, Steinbeck was able to saliently and critically capture the difficult realities of this nation.

Told in Steinbeck’s trademark empathic, colloquial, and observational style, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ is a story of strength, suffering, family, injustice, humanity, and hope in the face of ecological disasters, discrimination, and poverty.

Author Emily Danforth (‘Miseducation of Cameron Post’) and Bruce Robbins, literary scholar, author, and Columbia University professor, join Ali to discuss the American classic that “keeps generating new meanings.” - Aired on 01/18/2025.

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1. Yeah, right. Banned book. There are milliions of copies of this title out there, this title was a classic that many

college-level, high school level students had to read and / or analzye, write reports on. Plus, there are movies too out there. If anything, the Grapes of Wrath is more in touch w/ today's reality, w/ the giant gapping hole between the 1%ers and the rest of us.

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2. This ban is sad