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Title Bodenheim, Maxwell, (also works), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1954, 1967

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date 1954, 1967

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

Extent 42 cubic ft. (94 boxes and 5 oversize boxes)

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Resum��I know that life can be a laugh, a curse,A probing sigh, a grinding of machines:An actor sometimes failing to rehearseAnd stumbling through his lines in crucial scenes.And life can also be a ready child,An old man and a ruffian, so attuned,And yet so separately soft or wild -A cross between a blessing and a wound.And in its clash of poetry and prose,Idealisms and dishonest frays,Within bewildering, disturbing ways.But though it flounders, life has always changed.A thousand years from now, its mood will beIncreasingly enslaving and deranged, Or much more truthful, understanding, free.One thing is certain - if the human racePersists in killings, robbings darkly linked,Mankind will slowly lose its last, faint traceOf home and finally become extinct.Maxwell Bodenheim

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 3 Folder 141

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4195px × 5339px 128.19 MB

Filename 992006198805867_midwest_ms_conroy_box_00003_fl_00141_000002.tif

Unique Identifier NL119YH8

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