"I think H. P. Lovecraft's time in New York shaped him as the writer that he became."

For this special Halloween edition of Notes from the World, we are joined by David J. Goodwin, a historian, writer, past Frederick Lewis Allen Room scholar at the New York Public Library and the author of Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham, a biography of the horror writer’s New York years. His first book, Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street, received the J. Owen Grundy History Award in 2018 and he has written for a variety of publications including Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History, The Metropole, The Providence Journal, Strand Magazine, Urban Archive and Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore. [Image: Frank Belknap Long, H.P. Lovecraft, and James F. Morton at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Bronx, New York, April 1922, via H.P. Lovecraft Photo Gallery)