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Days of Anger, Days of Hope : A Memoir title: of the League of American Writers, 1937- 1942 author: Folsom, Franklin. publisher: University Press of Colorado isbn10 | asin: 0870813323 print isbn13: 9780870813320 ebook isbn13: 9780585036861 language: English American literature--20th century--History and criticism, Communism and literature-- United States--History--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Political subject and social views, Authorship--Societies, etc.--History, League of American Writers, Folsom publication date: 1994 lcc: PS228.C6F64 1994eb ddc: 810.9/0052 American literature--20th century--History and criticism, Communism and literature-- United States--History--20th century, subject: Authors, American--20th century--Political and social views, Authorship--Societies, etc.--History, League of American Writers, Folsom Page iii Days of Anger, Days of Hope A Memoir of the League of American Writers 1937-1942 Franklin Folsom University Press of Colorado Page iv © 1994 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado, P.O. Box 849, Niwot, Colorado 80544 The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. Excerpt from "A Tribute, And a Nightmare" from Afternoon of a Pawnbroker and Other Poems, © 1943 by Kenneth Fearing and renewed 1971 by Bruce Fearing, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Folsom, Franklin, 1907- Days of anger, days of hope: a memoir of the League of Ameri can writers, 1937-1942 / Franklin Folsom. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87081-332-3 1. American literature20th centuryHistory and criti- cism. 2. Communism and literatureUnited StatesHistory 20th century. 3. Authors, American20th centuryPoliti- cal and social views. 4. AuthorshipSocieties, etc.History. 5. League of American Writers. 6. Folsom, Franklin, 1907- . 1. Title. PS228.C6F64 1994 810.9'0052dc20 94-26 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page v For Mary Elting Folsom Page vi Some other books by Franklin Folsom For adults: Impatient Armies of the Poor: The Story of Collective Action by the Unemployed, 1808-1942 America's Ancient Treasures: A Guide to Archeological Sites and Museums in the United States and Canada, 4th revised enlarged edition (with Mary Elting Folsom) Give Me Liberty: America's Colonial Heritage The Great Peace March: An American Odyssey (with Connie Fledderjohann) Exploring American Caves For young readers: Red Power on the Rio Grande: The Native American Revolution of 1680 Black Cowboy: The Life and Legend of George McJunkin The Language Book Science and the Secret of Man's Past Sand Dune Pony Page vii Contents Preface ix 1. The League I Found 1 2. The Coming Struggle 13 3. The League and the Writers War 24 4. Rescuing Refugees 41 5. Penthouse Panhandlers 61 6. We Hold These Truths 71 7. Writers Teach Writing 77 8. Fighting Words 82 9. The Communist Party and the League 90 10. Human Rights and Wrongs 109 11. Political Police 114 12. Fingermen Are All Thumbs 128 13. Blacklists, Graylists, and the Gallows 146 14. The Pact 161 15. After the Pact 171 16. Hostiles, Turncoatsand Loyalists 184 17. The Yanks Aren't Coming 197 18. Good Neighbors 212 19. The Yanks Aren't Coming 226 20. The League and American Literature 236 21. Aftermath 250 Page viii Appendixes A. Members of the League of American Writers 265 B. Officers Elected at the Biennial Congresses of the 332 League of American Writers C. Members of Some League of American Writers 334 Committees D. Writers Active in the Sacco-Vanzetti Case 336 E. The League of Professional Groups for Foster and 337 Ford F. Signers of Certain League Statements 338 G. Contributors to Writers Take Sides 339 H. The Writers Schools 344 I. Exiled Writers 345 J. Call to the Writers Win-the-War Congress 348 K. Permissions 351 Acknowledgments 352 Bibliography 355 Index 365
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