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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'Some new and poignant loveliness'

January 31, 2024 by Ray Betzner

An Estray in New York

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January 31, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Estrays, Vincent Starrett, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, Wilbur Underwood, R.L.S., Robert Louis Stevenson, McSorley's Old Ale House, Otto Penzler, Mysterious Bookshop, Argosy Books, Grand Central Termiinal, Times Square, New York Public Library, Winnie the Pooh, Charles Dickens, Max Beerbohm, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Kennedy, George Seymour, Basil Thompson, The Camelot Press, Longfellow, L'Envoy, Hart Crane, Chicago Daily News, Ebony Flame, Flame and Dust, Banners in the Dawn

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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Pirates, desert islands and mermaids.

March 29, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Or “Pirrrrates, merrrrmaids and deserrrrt islands. Arrrrgh.”

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March 29, 2019 /Ray Betzner
In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, Treasure island, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, Long John Silver, Reedy's Mirror, Covici-McGee, Dead Man's Chest, The Colophon, The Dates in the Red-Headed League, Dorothy L. Sayers, A Speck on the Map, Robinson Crusoe, The Sign of the Four, Kdakk, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Gulliver, Jonathan Swift, Books Alive, Books and Bipeds, Lilliput, Blefuscu, Fridolf Johnson, mermaids, Guy and Constance Jones, Peabody's Mermaid
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Salomé

March 10, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The two versions of a Starrett sonnet

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March 10, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Salome, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, Estrays, Thomas Kennedy, George Seymour, Basil Thompson, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, King Herod, John the Baptist, Banners in the Dawn, Autolycus in Limbo
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