Extract: 'Although Cowley’s communism came from a genuine commitment to social activism, he did himself no favors by reflexively toeing the party line. Through almost every one of the crises and exposures that peeled more leftists away from the party—from the show trials to the Ukrainian famine to the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact—Cowley sided with Stalin, even if he always remained merely a fellow-traveler.'

A die hard Stalinist/Tankie, interesting. I don't think Uncle Joe would have approved of Jack Kerouac or Ken Kesey particularly if he'd lived to see them. His literary tastes were far more conservative, and Stalin was a keen reader.