A Callaghan Log

A Callaghan Log DAVID LATHAM (with the assistance of Sheila Latham) The listing in chronological order of selected events in Morley Callaghan's life to 1979 includes his book and periodical publication and the production of his plays. The list of his publications is meant to be complete except for his monthly column written during the 1940s for New World Illustrated. These 95 columns are listed in Canadian Literature, No. 82 (Autumn 1979). Any reprinting of a short story in one of Callaghan's collections is noted in parenthesis following the initial entry. Descriptive annotations identify the subjects of his articles and reviews. A check list of selected books, articles, and theses on Callaghan 's work is appended to the log. In listing bibliographic items the following abbreviations have been used: MCS NA NTAH Morley Callaghan's Stories A Native Argosy Now That April's Here and Other Stories CF Canadian Forum ECW Essays on Canadian Writing JCF Journal ofCanadian Fiction JCS Journal ofCanadian Studies M&S, NCL Mcclelland and Stewart, New NYTBR SN UTQ Canadian Library New York Times Book Review Saturday Night University ofToronto Quarterly 1903 Edward Morley Callaghan born 22 February in Toronto; younger son of Thomas Callaghan of Welsh birth and Irish Catholic descent, and Mary (Dewan) Callaghan of Collingwood, Ontario, also of Irish Catholic descent. His father, a dispatcher for the Canadian National Railway Express , named him after John Morley who had 18 served under Gladstone as chief secretary of Ireland and had written the life of Edmund Burke. 1909-1916 Attended Withrow Public School in Toronto. Spent summer holidays with his mother's relatives in Collingwood on Georgian Bay. His father wrote satiric verse for the Toronto Telegram and The Moon. "Perhaps that first interested me in literature but at the time I wanted to be a lawyer.'' 1916 -.1921 Entered Riverdale Collegiate in Toronto. During his high school years he discovered his ''literary father,'' Sherwood Anderson, in The Smart Set. During the summers he sold magazines in the farmlands of the Ottawa Valley. 1921 Sold to the Star Weekly his first publication. Entered St. Michael's College, University of Toronto , where he starred with the boxing, hockey, and debating teams. ''A Windy Corner at Yonge-Albert.'' Toronto Star Weekly, 6 August 1921, 17. Sunday evening street-corner orators debate Bolshevist politics and Christian faith. 1923 To save his pitching arm, he quit his summer job slugging lumber and, following the interest of his friend, Art Kent, joined the Toronto Daily Star as a trial reporter. There he met Ernest Hemingway . The two immediately impressed each other as Hemingway asked to see one of Callaghan's stories and showed him the proofs ofIn Our Time. 1924 In Paris Hemingway showed Callaghan's stories to Ford Madox Ford who asked for something shorter for his Transatlantic Review. "First encouraging note I ever got from an editor.'' Composed "A Girl with Ambition," "Last Spring They Came Over,'' and ''A Wedding Dress.'' Met Loretto Florence Dee at a college dance. 1925 Graduated from St. Michael's College with a general Bachelor of Arts degree. Entered Osgoode Hall Law School. Began work on his first short novel, "An Autumn Penitent," in the office of Joe Sedgewick, to whom he was articled. Revue d'etudes canadiennes Vol. 15, No. 1 (Printemps 1980 Spring) 1926 His first short story was published in This Quarter . With Art Kent, he opened the Viking Lending Library, a bookstore across the street from Osgoode Hall. Advertised his bookstore in This Quarter as the magazine's Canadian outlet. Met Raymond Knister, the only Canadian writer with whom he felt kinship. "A Girl with Ambition." This Quarter, 1, No. 2 (Autumn-Winter 1925-26), 233-42 (NA, MCS). ''Introducing Ernest Hemingway.'' Saturday Night, 7 August 1926, 7-8. Review of In Our Time and The Torrents ofSpring. 1927 Yvor Winters began correspondence with Callaghan . "A Wedding-Dress." This Quarter. 1, No. 3 (1927), 243-8. Rpt. in The Canadian Nation, 11(March-April1929), 12-15 (NA, MCS). "Last Spring They Came Over." Transition, No. 3 (June 1927), 19-28 (NA, MCS). "Amuck in the Bush." The American Caravan: A Yearbook ofAmerican Literature, 1 (1927), 528-35 (NA, MCS...