Jack Conroy

Born January 1, 1944· Clonad, County Laois, Ireland

† Died November 3, 2019

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Born to Irish immigrants in the coal-mining camp of Monkey Nest, Missouri, Jack Conroy never completed formal schooling but learned his craft while laboring as a railroad foreman, union secretary, auto-factory worker and construction laborer, turning a shaded kitchen table into a writing desk during a 1934 heat wave. He launched a decade of editorial work with Rebel Poet, The Anvil and The New Anv… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources