Wai Chee Dimock on “To Build a Fire”
The dog has no name. A generic Husky native to the Yukon, there’s nothing special about this dog. Unlike Buck in The Call of the Wild, it has no history, no memory. Untouched… Continue reading
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Great Day for Jack London and Japan! Connections Across the Pacific, Images from the September 6, 2026 Event at the Jack London State Historic Park
Takaharu Mori, Kaoru Nishihara, Nagako Muto, and Aleta George September 6 was a rare opportunity to hear distinguished scholars from Japan present their research exploring the lives and relationships that connected Jack London… Continue reading
Special Presentation: Jack London and Japan: Connections Across the Pacific, Sunday, September 6, 2026 at the Jack London State Historic Park
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear distinguished scholars from Japan present their research exploring the lives and relationships that connected Jack London with Japanese immigrants in early twentieth-century California. This special… Continue reading
Video: Richard Rocco’s Talk on Jack London’s Medicine Case
Link: Jack London’s Medicine Case: The Drugs He Used in His Life and Literature Talk given by Richard Rocco at The House of Happy Walls Museum at The Jack London State Park, Glenn Ellen,… Continue reading
Richard Rocco’s Talk was a Big Hit at Jack London State Historic Park: Jack London’s Medicine Case: The Drugs He Used in His Life and Literature
Photos from the event: Step inside the House of Happy Walls Museum for a fascinating exploration of Jack London’s personal medicine case and the remarkable story it reveals about his life, health, and… Continue reading
ALA Symposium: Music and the American Literary Imagination, Jan. 28 – 20, 2027, Nashville
Music and the American Literary Imagination January 28 – January 30, 2027 Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville 210 Molloy Street Nashville, TN 37201 Conference Director: Olivia Carr Edenfield, Georgia Southern University Keynote Speaker: Kirk… Continue reading
Jack London’s Footsteps Tour: Jack London-Themed Tour of Jack London Square
Join Oakland Urban Paths for a walk around Jack London Square and the Produce and Warehouse district on Saturday, August 8. We’ll be led by Scooter Marriner on an extended version of his… Continue reading
Jack London: The 150 Years of a Revolutionary, by Salvatore Ferraro
“Yours for the Revolution”: also in this way the author, born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, loved to close his letters. Like him, many other socialists of the time concluded them… Continue reading
Up Next for the Jack London Speaker Series: Jack London and Japan: Connections Across the Pacific, Sunday, September 6, 2026 | Co-hosted by Jack London Park Partners and the Jack London Society honoring the 150th anniversary of Jack London’s birth
This event is part of a speaker series co-hosted by Jack London Park Partners and the Jack London Society, honoring the 150th anniversary of Jack London’s birth. JLPP is grateful for the support… Continue reading
Frances Rivetti on Jack London Through the Eyes of His Great-Granddaughter in his 150th Year | Jack London Society Speaker Series at Beauty Ranch, with Tarnel Abbott
On an early Saturday morning in June, I made my way from my home in Petaluma to Glen Ellen along the Sonoma Highway, arriving at Beauty Ranch just as the day was beginning… Continue reading