Dr. Susan Shillinglaw
A professor of English at San Jose State University and a Scholar-in-Residence at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. Dr. Shillinglaw will travel across North Louisiana telling the “story” of iconic author John Steinbeck and discovering how the Cultural Community is bringing his novel The Grapes of Wrath to life in North Louisiana.
Locations to hear Dr. Shillinglaw are as follows by day:
Saturday, October 24th: Louisiana State University, Shreveport at 11:00 am
Sunday, October 25th: Shreveport, LA – Hamilton Branch Shreve Memorial Library at 1:30 pm
Sunday, October 25th: Shreveport, LA – Bethlehem Baptist Church, 5697 Hwy 5, Gloster at 5:00 pm
Monday, October 26th: Natchitoches, LA – LA School for Math, Science & Arts, 715 University Pkwy at 4:00 pm
Tuesday, October 27th: Homer, LA – Herbert S. Ford Museum, 519 So. Main Street at 6:00 pm
Wednesday, October 28th: Jonesboro, LA – Jackson Parish Library, 614 Polk Street at 2:00 pm
Wednesday, October 28th: Ruston, LA – Lincoln Parish Library, 910 No. Trenton Street at 6:00 pm
Thursday, October 29th: Rayville, LA - Richland High Arts Center at 193 Hwy 3048 at 10:00 am
Thursday, October 29th Monroe, LA – University of LA, Monroe, at 1:00 pm
Thursday, October 29th Ruston, LA – LA Tech University, Wyly Tower Auditorium at 4:00 pm
Friday, October 30th: Shreveport, LA – Broadmoor Branch of Shreve Memorial Library, 1212 Captain Shreve Drive, at 4:00 pm
Dr. Susan Shillinglaw is a professor of English at San Jose State University and Scholar-in-Residence at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. Previously, she was director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University and edited the award-winning journal Steinbeck Studies (previously The Steinbeck Newsletter). She has published widely on Steinbeck, most recently A Journey into Steinbeck’s California (2006), a travel guide and biography examining the impact of place on Steinbeck’s vision.
Currently she is working on a short biography of Steinbeck as well as a biography of his first wife, Carol Steinbeck. For the Steinbeck Centennial in 2002 she co-edited several collections: America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction (Viking); Beyond Boundaries: Rereading Steinbeck (Univ. of Alabama Press); John Steinbeck: Centennial Reflections by American Writers (Center for Steinbeck Studies).
She has also published numerous articles, introductions and has co-edited other volumes on Steinbeck. Professor Shillinglaw holds degrees from Cornell College in Iowa, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has taught at Wake Forest University, Canisius College, The Buffalo Seminary, Santa Clara University, and since 1984, at San Jose State University.
