Michael Moore Wins John Steinbeck Award

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It’s always nice to scan the headlines and see former bosses of mine winning awards. indieWIRE reports that “The family of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men) and the Center for Steinbeck Studies will give this year’s John Steinbeck ‘In the Souls of the People’ Award to documentary filmmaker and political gadfly Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine).

“Past recipients include Arthur Miller, Bruce Springsteen, John Sayles, Garrison Keillor, Joan Baez and Sean Penn.”

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