(1876-1916) California writer

1. Wrote a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1990 on “The Call of Kind: Race in Jack London’s Fiction.” Order # 9022729. Available Online from UMI,or by mail to: 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 USA.. See: The Wolf’93: We Remember
   
   
   
   
2. Edited The Critical Response to Jack London (Critical responses in arts and letters; no.19 Greenwood Press, 1995). ISBN 0-313-28927-1. 291 p. Available at Amazon.com. Reviewed by:
   • Roscoe L. Buckland in Studies in Short Fiction, 33.4 (Fall 1996):602-03;
   • Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin in American Literary Realism, 29.2 (Winter 1997):88-92;
   • Andrew J. Furer in The Call, Spring-Summer 1996:9;
   • George H. Tweney in Western American Literature, 31.1 (Spring 1996); 77;
   • Tony Williams in The Jack London Foundation Newsletter 8.1 (January 1996).
   • Larry I. Berkove in Resources for American Literary Studies 23:1 (1997):136-138.
   
   
   
3. Edited The Letters of Russ Kingman (with biography by Harry James Cook, 1999). Published by David Rejl for Jack London Research Center, P.O. Box 337, Glen Ellen, CA 95442. ISBN 80-901876-2-5. 240 p. $65.00. Reviewed by:
   • Sam Meyer in Jack London Foundation Newsletter 11.4 (October 1999).
   
   
4. Authored “In Memory of Russ Kingman.” Jack London Journal 1(1994):309-317.
   
   
5. Named “Jack London Woman of the Year” for 1995 by the Jack London Foundation
   
   
   
6. Elected Positions:
   • President of the Jack London Society, 2002-2004
   • Advisory Boards of the Jack London Foundation, the Jack London Society, Les amis de Jack London in France,
   • Vice President, Popular Culture Association
   • Area Chair for “Jack London’s Life and Works”
     
     
7. Visited the original site of Jack London’s cabin on Stewart Creek in Yukon Territory, Canada. See •The Wolf’98: Going Out.
   
   
8. Gave keynote address “Race in London’s Yukon Fiction” at the Jack London Festival sponsored by the Klondike Visitors Association in Dawson City, Yukon Territory in September 1997. See review by:
   • Dan Davidson, “’Jack London was not a racist,’ says American Scholar” in Klondike Sun October 2, 1997:1-3.
   
   
9. Guest speaker at the French JL society at 1998 conference in Nevers, France. See:
   • Susan Nuernberg, “1998 Conference in Nevers, France” JL Foundation Newsletter, 10.3 (July 1998).
   
   
10. Quoted in Jeremiah Creedon’s “The Call of Jack London” in Utne Reader (May-June 1999):99-102.
    
    
11. Visited the JL Square in Oakland in 1996. See:
    • Susan Nuernberg, “Celebrating London’s 120th Birthday: The January Banquet, 1996” in JL Society’s Call Spring-Summer 1996:4-5.

The following is in progress:

The Complete Non-Fiction Social Writings of Jack London

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The World of Jack London