Recent Blog
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Welcome
Hi. I’m Maggie, Victor’s great-niece and the Executive Director of the Victor J. Banis Family Foundation. Prior to Victor’s passing in 2019, I knew he was a writer and had read a few of his books. We had a few discussions about his books and writing but nothing in depth. It wasn’t until after he…
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3 Poems in ONE Magazine 1961 & 1962
There is so much to say about ONE Magazine and the fact that MY Uncle was published in that magazine is beyond amazing!! He wrote a total of three poems that were published. First off, a little about ONE Magazine…it was founded in 1952 and born from the Mattachine Society. The magazine ceased publication in…
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Broken Record 1963
Maggie: Okay, I’ve already strayed from my original plan of reviewing Victor’s writing in semi-alphabetical order. After discussing with several people, it has been decided that to best understand Victor as a writer and person, it is best to explore the subject in a more or less chronological order. Now that you have met Ori,…
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An Intro to Victorology
Hello to one and all! This is an inaugural post to lead into a series of posts on pulp history + Victor’s novels that I’m planning to put together as one strain of the foundation’s blog. I want to take at least a moment first to acknowledge who I am and what I’m doing here.…
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The Affairs of Gloria 1965
Okay, so, I’ve already deviated from the original plan. AC/DC Lover is the first if I were to truly go in alphabetical order – but I think it’s appropriate to start with the first book he published (it still starts with an “A”). The Affairs of Gloria published in 1964 by Brandon House, using the…