In our series, travels with mike, we're retracing parts of the journey that nobel prize winning rider, john steinbeck took in the fall of 19 60. Steinbeck went on a three months driving tour just as john kennedy was being elected the 30 fifth president of the united states. In each place, i teamed up with a local artist of some sort to show me around and respond to steinbeck across the generations.
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.