Tag Archives: Jack Kerouac

Rediscovered: The Shadow and His Signatories

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday once more! Haven’t done one of these in awhile — and for once it’s not coming from that maniacal Autograph Hound Brian Leno. At least not directly. Brian did tip me to a plethora of John Hancocks … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit | Tagged Anthony Boucher, Arkham House, Autographs, Bouchercon, Brian Garfield, Brian Leno, Christiana Brand, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Edward D. Hoch, Frederic Dannay, Gahan Wilson, Gary Phillips, Isaac Asimov, Jack Kerouac, John Ball, Jon L. Lellenberg, Kent Harrington, Lin Carter, Maxwell Grant, Michelle Slung, Phyllis A. Whitney, Phyllis White, Posse McMillan, Richard Lackritz, Robert Fish, Ron Goulart, Stanley Ellin, Steranko, The Shadow, Walter Gibson |

Rediscovered: A Shadow Puzzle

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Don

Brian Leno greets me this morning with a puzzler. “A little quiz for the Mean Streets, Don: Which of these three does not belong?” The reboot or reimagining or defunding of The Shadow by James Patterson came out the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Brian Leno, Doctor Sax, Jack Kerouac, James Patterson, The Shadow, Tom Krabacher, William S. Burroughs |

Rediscovered: Chatting with Joe Gores

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Don

Crime writer Mark Coggins just wrote with the news: “I finally transcribed my (long) interview with Joe Gores about the Falcon from 2007.” Sure to be a surfing destination for Hammett fans. Plus Mark mentions that a recent book has … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged Jack Kerouac, Joe Gores, Mark Coggins, San Francisco Mysteries |

Frisco Beat: Virginia Rath Returning to the Mean Streets

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Don

Coachwhip has reprints of all the mystery novels by Virginia Rath in the works. Since I’m one of the few vocal proponents of Rath you can track down on the net, track me down they did to ask for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged 29 Russell Street, Agnes Moorehead, Bacall, Bogie, Curtis Evans, Jack Kerouac, Jack Palance, Joad Crawford, Sudden Fear, Tamalpais Apartments, Virginia Rath |

Frisco Beat: Bay Guardian

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Don

And another year rolls to a close. . . . Which got me thinking about tinkering with my sidebar on the blog, switch it up a bit. . . . And I realized that the Bay Guardian Award for 2010 … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, News, Tour | Tagged Bay Guardian, Bruce Brugmann, Fritz Leiber, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Alioto, Margo Skinner |

Rediscovered: More Life of Floyd

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Don

Got a note from Matthew Asprey that he’s got another publishing deal gone down — the magazine Contrappasso. Haven’t seen it yet, but a star feature for Up and Down These Mean Streets types would be a new autobiographical piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Contrappasso, Eddie Little, Edward Bunker, Floyd Salas, Jack Kerouac, James Crumley, Jim Tully, Matthew Asprey, Raymond Chandler, William S. Burroughs |

Hammett: The Big 88

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Don

My spies out there in the world, always keeping an eye on the news, have alerted me to the latest honor for the author who makes The Dashiell Hammett Tour the rollicking fun ride that it is: Hammett’s Red Harvest has … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, SFSC | Tagged "Zigzags of Treachery", Allen Ginsberg, Becky London, Ben Franklin, Brian Leno, City Lights, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Jack London, Jan Kerouac, Jo Hammett, John Carter, Library of Congress, literary graves, Randy Shilts, Ray Bradbury, Red Harvest, Zane Grey |

Rediscovered: The Shadow of PulpFest

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Don

What do you think, in the photo above shot on the May 8, 2011 tour, I look more like The Shadow and Mike Chomko, swathed in blue, looks more like Superman, right? My hands float, missing the comforting weight of fully-loaded … Continue reading →