Listen to the writer's first appearance on The Connection in April 2002. Conroy talks about a published collection of his essays titled "Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Rolls On."
As director of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, Frank Conroy has nurtured and critiqued many of this nation's most admired young writers. The alumni list reads like a who's who of American Literature: Tennessee Williams, Jorie Graham, and TC Boyle.
Conroy says great writing begins with a struggle over each word, a careful scrutiny of every paragraph. Look for meaning, he says, sense and clarity.
After close to 20 years, Conroy is preparing to step down as director of the Iowa Writer's workshop
