http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pbqtg Tobias Wolff recalls in this BBC broadcast, “I really was enraptured by not only London’s work but also the kind of myth of his life, and when I was eleven I persuaded… Continue reading
From Susan Nuernberg: “36 Hours in Berkeley” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/travel/things-to-do-in-36-hours-in-berkeley-calif.html?emc=edit_th_20141009&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=46379306&_r=1
From the New York Post: http://pagesix.com/2014/09/01/lost-jack-london-letter-from-1905-found-in-local-library/: Volunteers at Pequot Library in Southport, Conn., were sifting through “all but forgotten” rare books in a storage closet for the library’s 125th anniversary recently, when they found the… Continue reading
From Susan Nuernberg: Our book discussion group at Jack London State Park will continue on May 16th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Join Susan Nuernberg and Iris Dunkle as we continue our journey through Jack London’s… Continue reading
Jean Paulhan, a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, has created a fictional political campaign for Jack London for California Governor 2014. The campaign takes place mainly on Facebook and Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-London-For-California-Governor-2014/1396533467293573
From Susan Nuernberg: Jack London’s Life in Autobiography and Biography Book Discussion Group This book discussion group, led by Susan Nuernberg, Ph.D. and Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Ph.D, is designed by and for people… Continue reading
Man Against Nature ‘Jack London: An American Life,’ by Earle Labor http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/books/review/jack-london-an-american-life-by-earle-labor.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 By HENRY GIARDINA Published: December 27, 2013 “The superficial reader will get the love story & the adventure,” Jack London wrote, in… Continue reading
From finebooksmagazine via mediabistro and galleycat, letters from a private collection (just auctioned) reveal some of London’s thoughts on freelance rates: ‘ Jack London wanted more than four cents a word, bless his freelancing… Continue reading
From The New Yorker (subscription required for full article): Jack London never felt that he got enough meat. When he was seven, he stole a piece from a girl’s basket—an incident that he called “an… Continue reading