Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Merry Christmas Mr. Moore

April 15, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A Sherlockian treasure went to the Weird of Warrenville. Why?

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April 15, 2023 /Ray Betzner
"221B", Vincent Starrett, The Weird of Warrenville, Edward Martin Moore, Sherlockiana: Two Sonnets, Edwin B. Hill, Christopher Morley, Starrett Smiley, Sonnet on Baker Street, Brillig, Pojny Barn Press, Larry Porter, Strutt Moore

Best. Day. Ever. Part II

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Morley praises Starrett’s poetry, pellucid gin, and ‘the delicacies of print’

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, Brillig, Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Lines on a Lady, Hackensack Marshes, Hackensack Meadowlands, Columbia University Press, Night Watchman, Sitzfleisch

Best. Day. Ever. Part 1

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Starrett is honored by the city’s literary elite.

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Louis Zara, Brillig, Chicago Tribune, Fanny Butcher, Hotel Sherman, Friends of the Chicago Public Library, Society of Midland Authors, Caxton Club, "Books Alive", Robert J. Casey, J. Finley Christ, Carl Sandburg, Lew Sarett, Frederic Babcock, Thornton Wilder, Russell McLaughlin, Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlockians, Burton Rascoe, Lucy Key Miller, Peter Ruber

The Poet's Corner

April 12, 2020 by Ray Betzner

A consideration of Starrett the poet via 9 books.

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April 12, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Flame and Dust, Ebony Flame, Brillig, Autolycus in Limbo, Rhymes for Collectors, Estrays, Fifteen More Poems, Banners in the Dawn, "Shop Windows in Winter", Thomas Kennedy, George Seymour, Basil Thompson, The Camelot Press, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, Walter M. Hill, An Iron Dog, Covici-McGee, Pascal Covici, November 24 1918, charles Hon, William Rose Benet, Epigram, Edwin B. Hill, Summer Shower, E.P. Dutton, To Wicky, To Wicky: My Wire, The Dierkes Press of Chicago., Alice, Alice Where art thou?
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