Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Here's a shocker: Angle of Repose was actually adapted into an opera. We're sure ol' Lyman has a lovely singing voice. (Source)
Although we don't think it's a big deal, Stegner earned a lot of criticism for his choice to use the real-life letters of a woman named Mary Hallock Foote in the novel. How do you feel about it? (Source)
You think that Meek Mill and Drake had a hardcore beef? Well, those two ain't got nothing on Wallace Stegner: the dude beefed with The New York Times for decades over their harshly critical view of his work. (Source)
Stegner was such a die-hard environmentalist that his words are practically enshrined in law. In 1960, he wrote an essay dubbed the "Wilderness Letter," which is included as an introduction to the national Wilderness Act of 1964. (Source)