The Anvil was an American literary and political activist magazine edited by Jack Conroy in the 1930s.
According to Douglas C. Wixson, its story "would make an important chapter in the history of American literature if the 1930s were properly recognized in standard textbooks.
[3] Among the authors whose works appeared in the magazine were Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Erskine Caldwell, Frank Yerby and Maxim Gorky.
Conroy, speaking about the merger, said "I view The Anvil's death with keen regrets...I have no illusions about the character of the merged magazine.
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