Coming Home, I Feel Like I'm Always Coming Home

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"For me, the this issue of coming home, i feel like i'm always coming home. I live so close to my parents in San Francisco," she says. "And if you inhale deeply, the ocean's to our left and and behind us, all over there, you can sort of catch a scent of the sea breeze and kelp and rotting sea life." This is a poem from her book, when living was a labor camp. The poem is titled occupant, blue roof apartments.

The last in our series exploring the spirit of America in the footsteps of one of its greatest writers, John Steinbeck. At key spots on Steinbeck’s 1960 journey across the country, we team up with artists to explore how things have changed, or not, and to talk back to Steinbeck across the years. In this episode, visits with theater director Troy Nickerson in Spokane, Washington, and poet Diana Garcia in Monterey, California.