with needles. I dldnH think It was suitable. It 

 mil published later In another magazine* 



OlXbl Jack London was already famous? 



Odgginst He was Just becoming famous* Or! ties wez*e ealllng 

 attention to this new writer* 



Once in awhile I dream that I have forgotten 

 to get out the last meiith^s number* That^s Tery 

 real* I must have dreaded deadlines* It's 

 unbelievable because that was fifty years ago* 



011b: You said that the reason you were willing and ready 



to leave there was that you could see the handwriting 

 on the walX^ but what attracted you back to 

 Cellfornla? 



Cogglnsx Perhaps the stories I^d heard from ray parents 



about it* X didn't care much for Philadelphia as 

 a city* I donH like hot weather, and the cold 

 weather is useless after you get too old to sled 

 and skate* I donH know whether the earthquake 

 Influenced me or not* Perhaps I felt I belonged 

 here more than I did in Philadelphia* 



Qilht Had you had aiy contact through your editing 



duties with euiy California writers before you came 

 out here? 



