New Book: Jack London: The Paths Men Take
From Emiliana Tedesco: I’m writing to you because Contrasto just published a book about Jack London and his pictures: The Paths Men Take”. The book is part of a book collection called “In… Continue reading
Category Archive: Jack London in the News
Exhibition at Stanford–Jack London: Apostle of the American West
Jack London: Apostle of the American West Centennial Celebration, Symposium, and Exhibition at Stanford TIME AND DATE Monday, September 19, 2016 4:15 – 6:45 pm LOCATIONStanford Faculty Club Gold Lounge 439 Lagunita Drive… Continue reading
Jack London: Taming Muses, by Jay Williams
In his most famous piece of advice to beginners, Jack London wrote in his essay “Getting into Print,” “don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.” The Wolf Club… Continue reading
Symposium and Exhibition at Stanford– Jack London: Apostle of the American West
Centennial Celebration, Symposium, and Exhibition at Stanford TIME AND DATE: Monday, September 19, 2016 The symposium will mark the 100th anniversary of Jack London’s death in 1916 with panel presentations representing three aspects… Continue reading
Jack London Classic Film Fest (November 3-5, Sonoma Community Center)
Jack London State Historic Park and the Sonoma Community Center will mark their mutual 2016 Centennial Celebrations with the presentation of the Jack London Classic Film Fest. The festival will feature screenings of… Continue reading
London in the News: Jack London Special Section in the Press-Democrat
Via Susan Nuernberg: From one of several articles on the Jack London Centennial at http://www.pressdemocrat.com/topics/?t=pd-jack_london_centennial London’s first visit was to Camp Reverie, a summer-long gathering of Bay Area intellectuals located on the Russian… Continue reading
Jack London Panel at Oakland Book Festival (5.22.16)
Oakland Book Festival 2016 Sunday May 22 Oakland City Hall THE 100 YEAR CALL OF THE WILD Presented by Litquake Hearing Room 3: 12:15—1:30pm Jack London died 100 years ago. To commemorate the… 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
Jack London in the News: Valley of the Moon Magazine
Iris Dunkle on the Jack London listserv provided a link to the January 2016 issue of Valley of the Moon Magazine, with many articles on and pictures of London, including a chronology of his life, London… Continue reading