John Steinbeck was one of the great novelists of the 20th century, winning both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. His works are multifaceted — one can find scathing social critiques, rich humor, and gentle humanity between their covers. But I wasn’t aware of his spiritual leanings until reading one of his earliest works, In Dubious Battle (1936), where he speaks about the reality of spiritual possession, as well as a kind of ‘group soul’ that emerges whenever a mass of men are gathered.
This is a recording of an article from January 7th, 2025. You can find the written version of the article here.
Yes, writers have to eat, but paywalls just punish low-income people, and why shouldn’t they have access to the writing and ideas they want?
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