Grapes of Wrath Free Speaker Series

To honor the 75th Anniversary of the publication of The Grapes of Wrath, CSU Bakersfield has been hosting a year-long series of events, from lectures, art installations, and a photography exhibit, to concerts, theater performances, a science fair, and a campus and community book reading. This extended attention to Steinbeck’s 1939 novel will culminate at CSUB in a 3-day interdisciplinary academic conference on the cultural legacy of The Grapes of Wrath and its place in American culture.

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Friday November 7th 2014
9:00 am – Travels with Steinbeck: Making History with The Grapes of Wrath (James Gregory)
1:15 pm – Obsene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of The Grapes of Wrath (Rick Wartzman)
1:50 pm – The Real Okies (Dan Morgan)
7:00 pm – Big City Ways How Woody Guthries Recently Discovered Los Angeles Recordings Provide an Urban Counterpart to The Grapes Of Wrath (Peter La Chapelle)
7:40 pm – Bakersfied Sound: How Ones Towns Honky Tonk Revolution Culture in American Music (Bob Price)
8:15 pm – Joes Tent House Revival

Saturday November 8th 2014
8:15 am – The Grapes Of Wrath An American Journey
9:00 am – The Book Kern Counted Loved to Hate (Gerald Haslam)
9:40 am – On ReReading The Grapes Of Wrath (Susan Shillinglaw)