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Dickerson, Herbert L., Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1935

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Title Dickerson, Herbert L., Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, 1935

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1935

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Authors, American, Bohemianism, New Left, Radicalism in literature, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Herbert L Dickerson
600 E 21 St
Brooklyn NY
Jan 19th 1935
Dear Jack Conroy: -
I have yours of the 16th and I am sorry that I bothered you with the stories at this time. I surely do understand and I can appreciate just what you are up against. Working against time. I feel as convinced as a mortal can be in this funny old world that I have something in those two stories or else I do not know beans when the bag is open. I somehow feel a deep interest in you and I want to see the ANVIL succeed. If it does not naturally any deficit will necessarily come out of the proceeds of your novel writing. I am also thoroughly convinced unless you get better writers than some of your contributors that it will not make a go. I do hope and trust that you will not take offence at this for I swear by all that is holy that I would never say this if I did not have your interest so deeply at heart.
I do not want you to get the impression that my mouth goes like a machine gun firing out lying words and that I am full of goosedom in those two stories the words are the out-pouring of a troubled soul I am not trying to be swellheaded and I hope you will not set me down as a preeminent goddam fool in setting out to advise you. I know its looks flukey for an amateur to advise a professional but I have always appreciated advice no matter what the source.
Just a lot of wise cracking? Dick

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 7 Folder 378

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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