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Iris Jamahl Dunkle
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Riding Like the Wind
: The Life of Sanora Babb
Iris Jamahl Dunkle
2024
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The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.
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Scott Bradfield
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The New Republic
on
November 12, 2024
The Woman Who Would Be Steinbeck
John Steinbeck beat Sanora Babb to the great American Dust Bowl novel—using her field notes. What do we owe her today?
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Mark Athitakis
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The Atlantic
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October 10, 2024
