Jack Sheridan (poet)

Jack Sheridan (1905–1967) was an American poet and soapbox orator particularly known for his participation in the Bughouse Square Debates, the Dil Pickle Club and the College of Complexes.[1]:124 He was an activist in the Industrial Workers of the World.[1]:124

Jack was attracted to hobohemia whilst still at school.[2] He soon became a regular attendee at the Dil Pickle Club.[2] In 1928 he went to Europe via New York City staying primarily in Paris.[2] In 1931 he returned to the USA, spending time in Lower Manhattan.[2] Here he acquired such nicknames as the "King of the Hobohemians" and the "Byron of the Soapboxes".[2]

He married his wife Ruth in 1944 and became active in a literary group called the Druids in Chicago's Near North Side.[2]

References
  1. Starving Amidst Too Much & Other IWW Writings. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr. 2005.
  2. Anon (2003). "Jack "Dil Pickles" Sheridan". In Rosemont, Franklin (ed.). The Rise & Fall of the Dil Pickle: Jazz-Age Chicago's Wildest & Most Outrageously Creative Hobohemian Nightspot. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr.



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