tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2309567036671885317..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: Helen Hoke, Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis, Michel Parry, Hugh Lamb and Some Other anthologists of my early reading...Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-71446049834613224122016-06-24T22:00:08.638-04:002016-06-24T22:00:08.638-04:00Thanks for pitch-hitting for Patti! You always do...Thanks for pitch-hitting for Patti! You always do a top-notch job with FFB! I love the anthology with the Gorey cover!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-17972336758732335962016-06-19T00:24:33.217-04:002016-06-19T00:24:33.217-04:00Thanks for getting this started, Bill...with some ...Thanks for getting this started, Bill...with some new data provided, I'll be putting together a new blog post tomorrow, when I hope to fell a little less under the weather. Turns out the sisters' brother in law was Eugene O'Neill's damaged son Shane, for example, among other colorful bits...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-83671613681015284362016-06-18T15:22:38.846-04:002016-06-18T15:22:38.846-04:00Wow! thanks, to all! that's very helpful. The ...Wow! thanks, to all! that's very helpful. The reason I was asking is that I'm working on filling out the author profile for Seon (and now Gogo and Robert) on LibraryThing. http://www.librarything.com/author/manleyseon&recalculate=1&check=3084268479<br /><br />Still can't find Seon's death date but I did narrow it down to between 1986 and 2006. She was an editor at Vanguard Press from 1959-1986 [see Vanguard Press on wikipedia] and she died no later than 2006 when I find her in a memorial list on a church bulletin.<br /><br />BillBill Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672479549023574209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-23337283533500978462016-06-18T12:03:48.452-04:002016-06-18T12:03:48.452-04:00Librarians Amy Brozio-Andrews and Marilyn Baldwin ...Librarians Amy Brozio-Andrews and Marilyn Baldwin add a few more bits of info:<br /><br />Thanks, Amy and Marilyn! TM<br /><br />--Brozio-Andrews, Amy:<br /><br />Seon Manley's husband Robert Manley died in 2013. She is named in his obituary but no other biographical details are available. A daughter of Robert's is named, but it appears that Seon is not her mother.<br /><br />http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-r-manley&pid=163698464<br /><br />--Baldwin, Marilyn:<br /><br />I found this entry on ancestry.ca<br /><br />Name: Gogo M. Lewis<br />Birth: 3 Jan 1923<br />Death: 21 Mar 2008 - South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />Civil: New YorkTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-58108043093221284202016-06-18T07:17:07.830-04:002016-06-18T07:17:07.830-04:00Well, Bill Lloyd, such ace librarian/researchers a...Well, Bill Lloyd, such ace librarian/researchers as Michael Stamm and Dennis Lien have been on the case since I asked around, and they in their first passes haven't found more explicit data yet than you have, but have come across at least these references that you might look to, if you haven't already:<br /><br />Stamm:<br /><br />The absence of information on her and her sister is remarkable. One source, a genealogy website called Geni, gives their parents as Webster and Carolyn Givens, and the sisters' birthdates are estimated as somewhere between 1903 and 1963; a range like that is so broad as to be almost meaningless. I have a few of their anthologies; I'll be interested to hear if more information is forthcoming.<br /><br /> https://www.geni.com/people/Seon-Manley/6000000021151225693<br /><br />Lien:<br /><br />Seon Manley<br /><br />(1921-)<br /><br />Authors of Books for Young People. Third edition. By Martha E. Ward et<br />al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. [AuBYP 3]<br /><br />Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991. A bibliography of<br />science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books and nonfiction<br />monographs. By Robert Reginald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. [ScF&FL<br />1992]<br /><br />Something about the Author, Autobiography Series. Volume 2. Detroit:<br />Gale Research, 1986. [SmATA 2AS] Biography contains portrait.<br /><br />Authors of Books for Young People. Supplement to the second edition.<br />By Martha E. Ward et al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979. [AuBYP<br />2S]<br /><br />Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books<br />and magazines. Volume 12: September, 1979-August, 1982. New York: H.W.<br />Wilson Co., 1983. [BioIn 12]<br /><br />Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books<br />and magazines. Volume 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W.<br />Wilson Co., 1988. [BioIn 15]<br /><br />Children's Literature Review. Excerpts from reviews, criticism, and<br />commentary on books for children and young people. Volume 3. Detroit:<br />Gale Research, 1978. [ChlLR 3]<br /><br />Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers<br />in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion<br />pictures, television, and other fields. Volumes 85-88. Detroit: Gale<br />Research, 1980. [ConAu 85]<br /><br />Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A checklist, 1700- 1974.<br />Volume 1. By R. Reginald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979. [ScF&FL 1]<br /><br />Something about the Author. Facts and pictures about authors and<br />illustrators of books for young people. Volume 15. Detroit: Gale<br />Research, 1979. [SmATA 15]<br /><br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-71791506667960703422016-06-15T19:38:02.010-04:002016-06-15T19:38:02.010-04:00Anyone know any personal details about Seon Manley...Anyone know any personal details about Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis? Birth/death dates, etc? All I've found out so far is that the two women were sisters; that Seon's maiden name was Givens (and then so presumably was Gogo's); and that Seon was born in 1921. And I think that Seon lived in East Patchogue NY at one time.<br />-Bill LloydBill Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672479549023574209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-9655450068554725342014-01-27T11:06:59.832-05:002014-01-27T11:06:59.832-05:00Yes, it'll be interesting to see how many will...Yes, it'll be interesting to see how many will jump on which stories by Jackson for Patti's FFB week...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-26646834736658424952014-01-27T08:29:02.601-05:002014-01-27T08:29:02.601-05:00Just been re-reading Shirley Jackson's short s...Just been re-reading Shirley Jackson's short stories and fascinating to read about these shall we say 'complimentary volumes - thanks Todd.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-78825474445081412382014-01-26T19:23:44.687-05:002014-01-26T19:23:44.687-05:00A few might've been, but I was always able to ...A few might've been, but I was always able to find a Hoke anthology in the better libraries I visited in the '70s...she was a bigger deal over here.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-75368454343680116692014-01-25T16:36:23.514-05:002014-01-25T16:36:23.514-05:00Add me to the list of Gorey fans. Those Helen Hoke...Add me to the list of Gorey fans. Those Helen Hoke collections are unfamilar to me. I wonder if they were more widely circulated in the UK?Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-80227086659679293532014-01-24T17:20:05.230-05:002014-01-24T17:20:05.230-05:00Yvette--you're not the only person I know who ...Yvette--you're not the only person I know who won't read anthologies...though most of them boycott all short fiction. I can't imagine it. It is remarkable the degree to which the best writers of horror are often also very deft wits.<br /><br />Jerry--indeed...I'm almost surprised how much each editor has done that I haven't yet seen. Perhaps, I, too, should be catching up via library, at least for some of these...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-17673395034463841212014-01-24T15:00:54.196-05:002014-01-24T15:00:54.196-05:00So many great anthologies listed here, Todd. Many...So many great anthologies listed here, Todd. Many of the Hoke and Manly/Lewis books were not available at my local library when I was a kid, so I'm still playing catch-up (and enjoying it!).Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-57478667495522756152014-01-24T12:45:47.935-05:002014-01-24T12:45:47.935-05:00I love the Ed Gorey covers, Todd. Those are what I...I love the Ed Gorey covers, Todd. Those are what I noticed first. I don't read anthologies - don't know why - never got into the habit, I suppose. But it was interesting seeing some of the names of a few authors I've read over the years.<br />And thanks for the reminder that E.F. Benson wrote the Mapp and Lucia books. I'd been meaning to add those to my all over list. But you know how this memory of mine works - not at all! :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-65086912488961051682014-01-24T11:38:29.558-05:002014-01-24T11:38:29.558-05:00WorldCat can be trying at times, but it also by it...WorldCat can be trying at times, but it also by its nature tends to turn up things that many others miss unless they are paying extremly close attention to their subjects...I must admit that seeing that Hoke died of pneumonia in an elder-care facility was a sad thing to learn, when first seeing her obit last night. No matter what you've done in your life...it's unlikely to end too terribly well.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-90365251502899208042014-01-24T11:25:51.561-05:002014-01-24T11:25:51.561-05:00I have several of the Manley & Lewis anthologi...I have several of the Manley & Lewis anthologies primiarly because of the fantastic Edward Gorey artwork on the DJs. I've been trying to get a full set for years now, but never had a complete list of titles. So thanks for these bibliographies. I am intrigued by Helen Hokes' colelcitons and will start my hunt for any of those this year.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com