Jack London Society Panel at the American Literature Association37th Annual Conference
May 20-23, 2026
Palmer House
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Saturday, May 23, 2026
1:00-2:20 pm
Session 19-A Jack London: The Slammer, Bodily Horrors, and the Anti-Nazi Underground (Indiana), Organized by the Jack London Society
Chair: Kenneth K. Brandt, Savannah College of Art and Design
1. “John Barleycorn and the Beginning of Jack London’s Prison Novels,” Jay Williams, General Editor, Oxford Complete Works of Jack London
2. “Minds of Winter: Arctic psycho-horror/thriller and London’s Klondike Stories,” Patti Luedecke, University of Toronto
3. “Enemy Of The Reich: The Tragedy Behind The German Publication Of Sailor On Horseback,” Thomas Harakal, Independent Scholar
