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Thiele Nominates Steinbeck Writer's Center For $500,000 State Grant

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John Steinbeck's former home lies at the end of Bluff Point Lane, a narrow, one-lane Sag Harbor Village Street that resembles a driveway. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

John Steinbeck's former home lies at the end of Bluff Point Lane, a narrow, one-lane Sag Harbor Village Street that resembles a driveway. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

The Sag Harbor Partnership, in partnership with the University of Texas, is hoping to transform the former home of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck into a writer's center. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

The Sag Harbor Partnership, in partnership with the University of Texas, is hoping to transform the former home of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck into a writer's center. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

authorStephen J. Kotz on Jun 8, 2022
State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. announced this week that he had nominated the former home of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck on Bluff Point Lane in Sag Harbor... more

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