Tag Archives: The Forum

Hammett: James, Joyce

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Don

Tough one — this post from frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck could be held over till August for LitCrit Month — nothing is more LitCrit than James Joyce and Finnegans Wake, right??? — or just popped online right now during … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged Butch Cassidy, James D. Horan, Jesse James, Liberty Book Club, Library of Congress, PM, Richard Layman, Stefan Heym, Terry Zobeck, The Forum, Upton Sinclair, Wild Bunch |

Hammett: “Vamping Samson”

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Don

For me a writer’s life is traditional biography superimposed over strict bibliography. I want to know what was written, when, why, and then follow the writings into print, especially print that occurred in the writer’s own lifetime, when it meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "Ber-Bulu", "The Barber and His Wife", "Vamping Samson", Experience, George Jean Nathan, H. Bedford-Jones, H. L. Mencken, Pulps, Richard Layman, Smart Set, Sunset, Terry Zobeck, The Editor, The Forum, Vince Emery |

Hammett: On Mary Austin and Advertising

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Don

The indefatigable Terry Zobeck is back to complete his coverage of Hammett’s side career as a book reviewer. He began with a post on February 1st and dedicated another on February 16th to the mystery review column The Crime Wave. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged Carmel-by-the-Sea, Library of Congress, Literary World of San Francisco, Mary Austin, Terry Zobeck, The Crime Wave, The Forum, Western Advertising |

Hammett: Only Four to Go

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Don

Terry Zobeck followed through on his plan to hit the Library of Congress in search of pure texts for Hammett stories, and cut the list of seven missing texts down to only four. Plus he copied various other items for research … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged Black Mask, Book Collecting, Library of Congress, Pulps, pure texts, Raymond Chandler, Terry Zobeck, The Forum, The New York Evening Post, Western Advertising, Zobeck Series One |

Hammett: More Book Reviewing

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Don

And Terry Zobeck is back, with more on Hammett’s history as a book reviewer: A couple of weeks back I told you about a new web site containing scans of the book reviews Hammett wrote for The Forum and the Saturday Review … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged John D. Squires, Terry Zobeck, The Crime Wave, The Forum, The New York Evening Post, The Saturday Review of Literature |

Hammett: Book Reviewer

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Don

How about we kick off February with The Return of Terry Zobeck? Terry took a little time off there from blogging (hey, so did I), but he’s back with another exploration down an interesting byway of Hammett studies — the … Continue reading →