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International Steinbeck Conference Announced for Spring 2013
Topic: Steinbeck and the Politics of Crisis: Ethics, Society, and Ecology
May 1-3, 2013, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Library, San Jose State University
Steinbeck's childhood parish, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, is sponsoring a series of six weekly Lenten discussions of John Steinbeck's spiritual lessons for modern readers. Sundays, February 17 through March 24. Open to the public.
Congratulations to JOHN MELLENCAMP, who received the Steinbeck Award on July 30, 2012.
From left: Paul Douglass (Director, Center for Steinbeck Studies), John Mellencamp, Robert Santelli (Executive Director, Grammy Museum). Photo Copyright Jonathan Shensa, PR Photos