Astral Travels with Jack London
On the centenary of Jack London’s death, Benjamin Breen looks at the writer’s last book to be published in his lifetime, The Star Rover — a strange tale about solitary confinement and interstellar… Continue reading
Category Archive: Essays and Commentary
JL in the News: The Short, Frantic, Rags-to-Riches Life of Jack London by Kenneth Brandt (Smithsonian Magazine)
The Short, Frantic, Rags-to-Riches Life of Jack London London, who died a century ago, was a rough and tumble troublemaker with a prolific pen Portrait of Jack London by Arnold Genthe (Library of… Continue reading
JL in the News: Jack London, a century on
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/jack-london-century/ Jack London, a century on Yesterday, as Dennis Duncan has noted, was the seventieth anniversary of a controversial book – J’irai cracher sur vos tombes (I Shall Spit on Your Graves) by… Continue reading
Jack London: Sailor, By Keith Newlin
By most accounts, the acclaimed and charismatic writer lived life — and sailed — impetuously and on the edge. http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2016/december/jack-london-sailor.asp
JL in the News: Forever wild: Celebrating Jack London 100 years after his death
Photo: PhotoQuest / Getty Images, Getty Images By Jonah Raskin Jack London in 1916, the year he died. Jack London is probably best remembered for “The Call of the Wild,” his epic dog… Continue reading
JL in the News: The Guardian on Jack London
“Reading group: Which Jack London book should we read in November?” by Sam Jordison https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/01/reading-group-which-jack-london-book-should-we-read-in-november?CMP=share_btn_tw Snippets (read the rest at the link): But he didn’t write a book called On the Road. In… Continue reading
Jack London’s Mark on Literature, by Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Jack London means many things around the globe. He was a pivotal writer at the turn of the century whose literary naturalism and socialism also had important effects on the literatures of… Continue reading
Shakespeare at 400, Jack London at 100: Genius Lives, by Jonah Raskin
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonah-raskin/shakespeare-at-400-jack-l_b_9774854.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications In William Shakespeare’s comedy, “As You Like It, a traveler named Jaques waxes poetical in lines that have achieved literary immortality. “All the world’s a stage,” he says. “And all… Continue reading
The Overlooked Legacy of Charmian London
SUSAN NUERNBERG AND IRIS JAMAHL DUNKLE SPECIAL TO THE INDEX-TRIBUNE Charmian Kittredge London, Jack London’s second wife, is often dismissed as his typist, or worse, as a frivolous airhead who hindered her famous… Continue reading
When Jack London Hit the High Seas
by kbrandt2013Because there’s more to Jack London than dogs and snow. http://www.ozy.com/flashback/when-jack-london-hit-the-high-seas/61563