John Steinbeck Explains Love to His Son Thom [Letter]

2016-05-26

On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a letter written in 1958 by John Steinbeck to his son Thom. In it, Steinbeck, the author of the seminal book of American literature -- The Grapes of Wrath -- offers advice to his son on falling in love. It's beautiful, both in it's simplicity and it's completeness. It's a documentarians description of love, one that still manages to hold onto it's poetic core. It's also one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy. Background music pro...

On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a letter written in 1958 by John Steinbeck to his son Thom.

In it, Steinbeck, the author of the seminal book of American literature -- The Grapes of Wrath -- offers advice to his son on falling in love.

It's beautiful, both in it's simplicity and it's completeness.

It's a documentarians description of love, one that still manages to hold onto it's poetic core.

It's also one of my favorites.

I hope you enjoy.

Background music provided by: https://soundcloud.com/michel-escaillas/classik-electro

Additional Sounds: "My One and Only Heart by Perry Como," John Steinbeck reading, "The Snake"

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