Category Archive: Jack London in the News
Lecture by Aleta George: Learn About Yoshimatsu Nakata, Japanese immigrant, Samurai Descendant, and Jack London’s Right-Hand Man
Learn about Yoshimatsu Nakata, Japanese immigrant, samurai descendent, and Jack London’s right-hand man. Aleta George, author of Ina Coolbrith: The Bittersweet Song of California’s First Poet Laureate, will share stories of Nakata in… Continue reading
In Jack London’s novel, Martin Eden personifies debates still raging over the role and purpose of education in American life
Nick Romeo Aeon https://aeon.co/essays/jack-london-martin-eden-and-the-liberal-education-in-us-life As Jack London’s most autobiographical novel begins, its hero, a poor young sailor named Martin Eden, has just gotten into a brawl. Noticing a gang of drunken hoodlums about… Continue reading
New Audiobook of Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer
Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer as audiobook Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer as audiobook
Call for Papers: The Jack London Society at the American Literature Association Conference, Chicago, IL, May 23-26, 2024
Call for Papers:The Jack London Society https://jacklondonsociety.org/ American Literature Association Conference The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL May 23-26, 2024 Paper submissions are invited for the Jack London Society panels at the American… Continue reading
New Collection: The Nonhuman in American Literary Naturalism
Edited by Karin M. Danielsson and Kenneth K. Brandt – Contributions by Paul Baggett; Paul Crumbley; Daniel Dufournaud; Ingemar Haag; Ryan Hediger; Cara Erdheim Kilgallen; Markku Lehtimäki; Patti Luedecke; Francesca Razzi; Stephanie Studzinski;… Continue reading
Aleta George’s Article “Nakata’s Smile: Unlocking the Diaries of Jack London’s Valet”
A writer’s quest to piece together the life of Yoshimatsu Nakata: Link to “Nakata’s Smile: Unlocking the Diaries of Jack London’s Valet” Aleta George will be moderating a panel on Yoshimatsu Nakata at… Continue reading
Looking for Martin Eden, Roberta Wirth-Feeney’s New Memoir
Physicists tell us that the past and future exist at the same time as the present. They are simply found in different parts of the universe’s four–dimensional fabric called space–time. The author, utilizing… Continue reading
Anita Duneer’s Jack London and the Sea
Jack London and the Sea Jack London’s fiction has been studied previously for its thematic connections to the ocean, but Jack London and the Sea marks the first time that his life as… Continue reading