Lazare, Edward

   (1904–1991)

   Brief associate of HPL. The two first met in Cleveland in August 1922, when Lazare was a member of Hart Crane’s literary circle. They met again in September 1924, at Samuel Loveman’s apartment in Columbia Heights; at that time HPL thought that Lazare would become a “fitting accession to our select circle of The Boys [i.e., the Kalem Club]” (HPL to Lillian D.Clark, September 29–30, 1924; ms., JHL), but Lazare dropped out shortly thereafter. He later became the editor of American Book-Prices Current (1940–65).