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Open book Fried, Lewis (Lew), (also works), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1969-1978

Title Fried, Lewis (Lew), (also works), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1969-1978

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n.d., 1969-1978

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 typed letter in pencil above date Fried, Lew

4 October 76

Dear Jack,

Irv Friedman forwarded the letter you sent me;I hope

by this time he's gotten the letter I forwarded to you.Once again,
please accept my deepest condolences for your sorrow;and please convey
such to Mrs.Conroy.

You mention that Dave Ray backed out (?) of the Conroy project.
But what was the reason?Frankly,if it can be worked out,I'd like
to be of whatever assistance I can. Your help on the Farrell piece,
"Bernard Carr..." was invaluable. Ed Branch,I hear from Jack Salzman,
is working away,and has (rumor speaks) a different version of events.
In any event,Jack Salzman hoped Branch's essay in Twentieth Century
Lit. would deal with that, but alas,it didn't.
I don't have to"push"your work here at Kent; bookstores have
on their shelves The Disinherited underlined and the anthology.I'm looking
forward to "The Morphadite"; and to TriQuarterly.
(Pardon discursive ramblings: I bet Seven Seas in East Germany
would jump at a Conroy collection;sowould most university presses--
has Ray investigated those?)
I'm convincing a graduate student to write his dissertation
on you and your works,and I hope he'll finish ,if he chooses
it;I also have another graduate student in mind,a very bright,
charming lady from Damascus,Syria who has done a lot of reading
in proletarian literature.
TRA looks interesting.
Take care and shalom,
Lew signature Lew over top this
P.S.Yes,I still live at 503 Rockwell.
P.PS. I'm afraid that Ford will make it;as Mencken said,
no one ever went broke understanding the intelligence of
the American public.

in light black writing Jim Adams hasn't got in touch
with me yet. Whatever material I
have is surely at his disposal.

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 10 Folder 508

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

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