Carmel Public Library Foundation Presents ANNUAL ARTS & LITERARY SERIES – SUSAN SHILLINGLAW ON AUTHORS JOHN STEINBECK & ROBINSON JEFFERS

WHO: Carmel Public Library Foundation and Susan Shillinglaw, Professor of English, San Jose State University & Former Director of The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose University & Scholar-in-Residence at the National Steinbeck Center, Salinas

WHAT: Talk by Susan Shillinglaw on two famous regional authors, John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) and John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962)
(Funded by the Frank and Eva Buck Foundation, and Robert and Lacy Buck)


John Steinbeck - Nobel Prize Speech


100 Story Project - Susan Shillinglaw: John Steinbeck, Connection to Place


Oh, Lovely Rock by Robinson Jeffers


100 Story Project - John Walton: Robinson Jeffers

WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 7:00 P.M.

WHERE: Carpenter Hall, Sunset Center
W/s Mission St. @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

NOTES: Admission is free and it is a first come first serve basis ($10 contribution suggested). For questions, contact the Harrison Memorial Library Reference Desk at 831-624-7323.

ADDENDUM:
A Journey into Steinbeck's California (ArtPlace series) [Paperback] (2006) Susan Shillinglaw (Author), Nancy Burnett (Photographer)

Book Review: A Journey into Steinbeck's California

Publications & Presentations
Susan Shillinglaw. "America and Americans, and selected nonfiction: John Steinbeck." Book. (January 2002).
Susan Shillinglaw. "John Steinbeck: Centennial reflections by American writers." Book. (January 2002).
Susan Shillinglaw. "Steinbeck and the environment: Interdisciplinary approaches." Book. (January 1997).
Susan Shillinglaw. "John Steinbeck: The contemporary reviews." Book. (January 1996).

Steinbeck Brief Biography
Resources
“John Steinbeck - Biography". Nobelprize.org. 19 Feb 2012

NATIONAL STEINBECK CENTER

The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
Reader's Guide - About the Author
National Endowment for the Arts

Robinson Jeffers: A Biographical Sketch

Oxy's Poet Alumnus
The Jeffers Collection at the Mary Norton Clapp Library

ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION