Book

Riding Like the Wind

The Life of Sanora Babb

Iris Jamahl Dunkle

2024

University of California Press

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

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.

by Scott Bradfield via The New Republic on November 12, 2024
Book Review

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?

by Mark Athitakis via The Atlantic on October 10, 2024

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