the screen. thank you. so the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books now this is not to say that i m equivalent to steinbeck he was a genius i m not but the covers tell this essential story of perspective so on in his cover it s about the guys hanging out but mine is really about these working class women who actually formed the bulk of the workplace in cannery row the next slide is a view of the row and when we read stein back, this is what we might imagine. it s a pretty dilapidated place in his world right versus this view of monterey and the ocean which is taken from lover s point, and it might be considered. this is the immigrant perspective. this is what they saw this beautiful ocean teaming with fish and it s a big pull factor for immigrant sicilians. also clear in the next slide is that this world was not a world of hanging out this was the world of work and it is in juxtaposition with steinbeck s world of play it s women s centered and it s working class and abo
today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of steinbeck s cannery row and his literary genius, but also to share a view of steinbeck country from a female and working class perspective. so i d like to begin by visually going back in time to the 1930s marco martinez put together a great series of photographs from that era that i want to spend just a couple of minutes going through to illustrate what i m about to discuss and we can return to them at the end marco might you please share that on the screen. thank you. so the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books now this is not to say that i m equivalent to steinbeck he was a genius i m not but the covers tell this essential story of perspective so on in his cover it s about the guys hanging out but mine is really about these working class women who actually formed the bulk of the workplace in cannery row the next slide is a view of the row and when we read stein back, this is what we might imagine. it s a p
marco martinez put together a great series of photographs from that era that i want to spend just a couple of minutes going through to illustrate what i m about to discuss and we can return to them at the end marco might you please share that on the screen. thank you. so the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books now this is not to say that i m equivalent to steinbeck he was a genius i m not but the covers tell this essential story of perspective so on in his cover it s about the guys hanging out but mine is really about these working class women who actually formed the bulk of the workplace in cannery row the next slide is a view of the row and when we read stein back, this is what we might imagine. it s a pretty dilapidated place in his world right versus this view of monterey and the ocean which is taken from lover s point, and it might be considered. this is the immigrant perspective. this is what they saw this beautiful ocean teaming with fish and it s a big pull fa
marco martinez put together a great series of photographs from that era that i want to spend just a couple of minutes going through to illustrate what i m about to discuss and we can return to them at the end marco might you please share that on the screen. thank you. so the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books now this is not to say that i m equivalent to steinbeck he was a genius i m not but the covers tell this essential story of perspective so on in his cover it s about the guys hanging out but mine is really about these working class women who actually formed the bulk of the workplace in cannery row the next slide is a view of the row and when we read stein back, this is what we might imagine. it s a pretty dilapidated place in his world right versus this view of monterey and the ocean which is taken from lover s point, and it might be considered. this is the immigrant perspective. this is what they saw this beautiful ocean teaming with fish and it s a big pull fa
the screen. thank you. so the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books now this is not to say that i m equivalent to steinbeck he was a genius i m not but the covers tell this essential story of perspective so on in his cover it s about the guys hanging out but mine is really about these working class women who actually formed the bulk of the workplace in cannery row the next slide is a view of the row and when we read stein back, this is what we might imagine. it s a pretty dilapidated place in his world right versus this view of monterey and the ocean which is taken from lover s point, and it might be considered. this is the immigrant perspective. this is what they saw this beautiful ocean teaming with fish and it s a big pull factor for immigrant sicilians. also clear in the next slide is that this world was not a world of hanging out this was the world of work and it is in juxtaposition with steinbeck s world of play it s women s centered and it s working class and abo