Tag Archives: literary boozehounds

Rediscovered: Another Round in the Posthumous Fame Ring for Jim Tully

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Don

Up and Down These Mean Streets favorite Jim Tully gets another chance to climb up off the mat and be a contenda — a public radio deal from last November with an illo-filled article. He’s not going to be counted … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing, Lit, News | Tagged Jim Tully, literary boozehounds, Mark Dawidziak |

Frisco Beat: Those Literary Streets

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Don

When we hoof up to Dashiell Hammett Street on the tour, I usually provide a thumbnail history of how it got named in honor of the author of The Maltese Falcon — alongside eleven other streets renamed in honor of various authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Bob Kaufman, City Lights, Dashiell Hammett Street, Harwood aka Speed alley, Jack Kerouac alley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, literary boozehounds, literary homes, literary streets, Nobles alley, Richard Brautigan |

Rediscovered: H.C. Witwer, Author & Boozehound

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Don

Do yourself a favor and surf over to Brian Leno’s latest post on the TGR site about the bestselling 1920s boxing writer H.C. Witwer, one of legions of forgotten key-pounders of yesteryear — but I suspect Brian just gave him a … Continue reading →