Naryn John was born on March 25, 1930. I’m sure he’d be glad to know his fans are still reading him 92 years later.
I thought I’d mark the occasion by posting a letter he wrote home a month before his 19th birthday. He had dropped out of high school and gone to NYC to make a career as a writer. As the letter shows, it wasn’t easy!
Thanks for sharing. Ah, the anguish of a young, unemployed writer…
Comment by Marsh — March 25, 2022 @ 7:41 pm
Poor John! He was so young and so unemployed back then.
Comment by Doug — March 25, 2022 @ 9:05 pm
Deeply studying at the School of Hard Knocks, I see.
Comment by Paul B Thompson — March 27, 2022 @ 10:35 am
This letter makes you wish you had a time machine, so you could go back in time and accidentally bump into John, and slip him some money.
Comment by BRIAN john KRAJCI — April 1, 2022 @ 11:43 pm
It’s hard to ship apples, surprisingly.
Comment by patty G — April 6, 2022 @ 3:02 pm
It just struck me–if JAK wrote this letter home, how did he have it in his files? Maybe he never mailed it? Just wondering.
Comment by Paul B Thompson — April 8, 2022 @ 3:02 pm
I don’t know if he did mail it! But if he did, he could have gotten it back later. He also had checks from his mother from those years in his files.
Comment by Doug — April 9, 2022 @ 11:26 pm