Returns from Europe and settles in Carmel, California
Poet involved
What happened
Johns returned to the United States from his European travels and settled in Carmel, California, a coastal arts colony known for its bohemian atmosphere. There he married his third wife and became involved in labor organizing and leftist politics.
Literary impact
The move to Carmel placed Johns within another vibrant artistic community, this one on the West Coast, and deepened his engagement with social justice causes. His involvement with labor unions and Communist newspapers during this period infused his poetry with a more explicitly political consciousness and aligned him with the proletarian literary movement.
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