Why John Steinbeck Dared To Empathize With ‘The Vigilante’

Hint: It’s the same reason his best-selling books have been banned for nearly a century

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When I was teaching in Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program a few years back, we called our blog “The Writer in The World.” Our theme for one residency was “Literary Activism.” And the responsibility of the…