Okies

Brothers Judd links to commentary from Travelling Shoes on that fine New Criterion piece on Steinbeck that Orrin and I both latched on to. Having grown up in the fine (GREEN) state of Oklahoma (though born in Texas, I must point out), I can certainly vouch for this characterization by Miller:

And that, in a nutshell, is the central philosophy of Okie-ism: dogged, stubborn, bloody-minded determination. You cain't stomp us out; we're the weeds in Weedpatch.

Go read!

[Posted at 16:09 CST on 06/28/02] [Link]