Steinbeck and EVs

How Steinbeck Wrote East of Eden

Jillian Hess | Noted | 5th October 2026

The book came together in a ledger Steinbeck kept double-entry style. On every right-hand page was the manuscript. Facing it on the left of each spread was the journal he kept as he wrote, which mostly took the form of letters to his editor. When he was finished, he unbound the notebook and put the pages in a mahogany box, into the lid of which he had carved the novel's title (1,500 words)

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EV Listening

William Harris | n+1 | 5th October 2026

In places where "the now-antique rip and bust of internal combustion engines" still dominate the urban soundscape, the artificial whines and pulses of EVs catch the ear. "The result is a tune from nowhere, deep and airy, without the shrill oblivion of the sun recordings or the ribcage resonance of the didgeridoo... EVs sound like tinny spaceships, or a soulless rendition of a lone Brian Eno loop" (1,200 words)