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'''W. Paul Cook''' was a writer, printer and publisher who lived and wrote mostly in [[Vermont]] and [[Massachusetts]]. In 1927, he [[published]] ''[[The Recluse]]'', a [[one-shot]] magazine that has a claim toward being a paleo-[[fanzine]], at least. | '''W. Paul Cook''' was a writer, printer and publisher who lived and wrote mostly in [[Vermont]] and [[Massachusetts]]. In 1927, he [[published]] ''[[The Recluse]]'', a [[one-shot]] magazine that has a claim toward being a paleo-[[fanzine]], at least. | ||
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He wrote under his own name and the [[pseudonym]] Willis T. Crossman, and was a leading figure in the hobbyist tradition of [[amateur journalism]]. | He wrote under his own name and the [[pseudonym]] Willis T. Crossman, and was a leading figure in the hobbyist tradition of [[amateur journalism]]. | ||
| − | He knew [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and wrote ''H. P. Lovecraft, A Portrait'', | + | He knew [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and wrote ''H. P. Lovecraft, A Portrait'' (The Mirage Press, 1968). ''W. Paul Cook: The Wandering Life of a Yankee Printer'' edited by Sean Donnelly (Hippocampus Press, 2007) is his [[biography]]. |
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Revision as of 14:03, 21 August 2021
(1880 – January 22, 1948)
W. Paul Cook was a writer, printer and publisher who lived and wrote mostly in Vermont and Massachusetts. In 1927, he published The Recluse, a one-shot magazine that has a claim toward being a paleo-fanzine, at least.
He wrote under his own name and the pseudonym Willis T. Crossman, and was a leading figure in the hobbyist tradition of amateur journalism.
He knew H. P. Lovecraft and wrote H. P. Lovecraft, A Portrait (The Mirage Press, 1968). W. Paul Cook: The Wandering Life of a Yankee Printer edited by Sean Donnelly (Hippocampus Press, 2007) is his biography.
| Person | 1880—1948 |
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