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-2-As a person trying to write, I would say it is a dazzling job, easy and liquid prose, everything clicks. It is a good job, however dull.As a reader who thinks about what he reads, and tries to gain something from it, I would say it is a fraud. "Write truly," Mr. H. has said. What Cuban fisherman calls the fish he catches for a livelihood "my brother?" (But do not call it a parable.) It is a parable, the shabby and obvious kind that appears daily in political cartoons (or is that allegory?) with everything nearly labeled, "Greed," "Hate," "Gov. Corruption."And oh, the "Humility" of it! Can anyone write of humility (it is a thing, when you are cursed with it, that you do not parade, - or perhaps it is a thing born in you, like a bald head, you have it, but the discovery of it comes as a not completely happy surprise) who is so brassily arrogant? If it is so, it is a miracle of projection.Finally, what the hell is the good of the language if we are down to 4-letter words? What follows, 3-letter ones? The monotonous pedestrianism, the self-conscious simplicity of that kind of writing (and reading, [boss?]) will have us all back to simple ejaculations like "Arp!"I've just finished G.B. Stern's "Woman in the Hall." It may not be "Great", and his prose weaves and bobs, but, oh, it is an enjoyable experience!Neck out,Blake.(over)Rogers' Memorial Sanitarium,Oconomowoc, Wis.
Title
Blake, James, (letters from prison to Conroy and Algren), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1946-1959
Creator
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990
Date
n. d., 1946-1959
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
Archival Collection Title
Jack Conroy papers
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Call Number
Midwest MS Conroy Box 3 Folder 129
BibID
992006198805867
Size
4178px × 5336px 127.60 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
992006198805867_midwest_ms_conroy_box_00003_fl_00129_000061.tif
Unique Identifier
NL119YBU
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