WEBSITES
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Visit the National Steinbeck Center for info on the author.
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A German band named itself after the novel Tortilla Flat. Wonder how you say that in German…
MOVIE OR TV PRODUCTIONS
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In 1942, just a few years after the novel was published, Tortilla Flat was made into a star-studded Hollywood movie.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
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Even though the editors of the Paris Review never did get their hands on Steinbeck for an interview, they compiled his comments in one handy essay here.
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So, Steinbeck won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature fair and square, but rumor has it the committee that gave the prize that year wasn't too happy with their choices.
VIDEO
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Watch the trailer for Tortilla Flat, the movie.
AUDIO
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Here's an audio version of the chapter where Danny and his pals help out Teresina.