Shelley Burbank, Author (@shelleyburbank.bsky.social)

John Steinbeck's 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉 was published on this date in 1939. Steinbeck said of it, ""I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression]. I've done my damnedest to rip a reader's nerves to rags." #booksky #writerscommunity #authors