Lovecraft's New York Circle: The Kalem Club, 1924-1927
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Lovecraft's New York Circle: The Kalem Club, 1924-1927
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During H P Lovecraft s residence in New York City his social and literary life centered upon a group of friends collectively known as the Kalem Club so named for the initials of the surnames of original members 151 K L or M Gatherings or meetings were frequently held in members homes and particularly in Manhattan s Chelsea district for it was there that Lovecraft s friend George Kirk lived and where in the building HPL utilized as the setting of Cool Air Kirk operated his Chelsea Book Shop From August 1924 until March 1927 George Kirk wrote almost daily to his fiancee in Cleveland revealing many details of his interactions with the other Kalems After nearly seventy years the letters were discovered by Kirk s daughter Mara Kirk Hart who used portions of them as the basis for her fascinating chronicle of the Kalem Club Walkers in the City Now expanding greatly upon that earlier work she and S T Joshi have here assembled all the letters of George Kirk that relate information about the Kalem members and their activities during this time together with representative writings of all the Kalem members during their most active and fruitful period Publishers Weekly Lovecraft acolytes will welcome Lovecraft s New York Circle The Kalem Club 1924 1927 edited by Mara Kirk Hart and S T Joshi This captivating book includes extracts from George Kirk s letters to his fiance chronicling the exploits of horror writer H P Lovecraft and his friends in New York City in the mid 1920s as well as representative writings by each member of his informal literary club June Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information