[2] He pursued his deep interest in Marxism and as a Trotskyist was actively engaged in the promotion of the French section of the International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art.
[3] During the period from 1938 to 1948 he worked as a journalist and contributed on themes related to the social, cultural and political events to magazines like Time, Life and Fortune.
In 1940, William Saroyan lists him among "contributing editors" at Time in the play, Love's Old Sweet Song.
His contributions in short fiction and poetry were brought out in magazines such as Esquire, London Mercury, Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, New Directions, and Black Mountain Review.
[3] His return in 1953 to the US, his homeland, did not augur well for him, as his Marxist ideology was not acceptable to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
In 1931 Sherry married Katharine Prideaux Foster (subsequently known as Kate Mangan), whom he had met in Paris in 1924.