The Wolverine

The Wolverine was an amateur press publication from Detroit, Michigan, that was appeared from the 1900s through the 1920s.ZineWiki, "The Wolverine." Three of H. P. Lovecraft's short stories first appeared in the journal, including "The Nameless City," sometimes considered the first story set in the Cthulhu Mythos.Wikipedia, "The Nameless City."
Described as "An Amateur Free-Lance" publication, The Wolverine was edited by Horace L. Lawson, later joined by Marjorie C. Lawson. They published Lovecraft's virulently xenophobic "The Street" in December 1920, followed by "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family" in March 1921, and "The Nameless City" in November 1921. 
The publication also published a column called "The Vivisector," featuring criticism of work appearing in The Wolverine and elsewhere in the amateur press, under the pseudonym Zoilus. (The name comes from a 4th century B.C. Greek writer known for his harsh criticism of Homer.Wikipedia, "Zoilus.") It was mostly written by Lovecraft, who contributed the columns that appeared in March 1921, June 1921, March 1922, and Spring 1923. The only "Vivisector" column not written by him was in the November 1921 issue, where his friend Alfred Galpin used the pseudonym to discuss "Arthur Jermyn."An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, "Vivisector, The," by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz (Hippocampus Press, 2004). 
The Wolverine also published Lovecraft's poem "On the Return of Maurice Winter Moe, Esq., to the Pedagogical Profession" in its June 1921 issue. 
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