Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

I fell in love with this book, thoughI’m not sure that non-writers would appreciate it as much as I did. It’s just fascinating to see the minutiae of writing from a writer as great as Steinbeck. It’s inspiring to see how similar our process, struggles & doubts are. It humanizes a god in the best possible way, not by toppling him from pedestals but rather by introducing intimacy and vulnerability.

Being that I live in San Jose, CA & that I am big Chaplin fan,I found particular i...