i'm reading from steinbeck' travels with charley in search of america. He comes home again, and he goes to johnny's bar, the galitian. To steinbeck's horror, he starts hearing the word dead,. After he brings up the names of several old time friends. We don't let them in. Yes, here it's better, but can i live on a bar stool? Let's not kid ourselves. What we knew is dead; what's out there is new and perhaps good, but it's nothing we know.
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.