Frank Conroy

1936-2005 Irish-American author of the classic coming-of-age memoir Stop-Time, Frank Conroy died of colon cancer this April. He was 69 years old. Conroy, who was in charge of the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, was honored this year by Irish America in its annual Top 100 for his work with the program. Under his guidance, acclaimed writers such as … [Read more...] about Remembering Frank Conroy