In 1935, as part of the WPA, President Roosevelt created the Federal Writers Project.
Among those were Conrad Aiken, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Anna Bontemps, John Cheever, Malcolm Cowley, Edward Dahlberg.
Some later on became quite famous in the literary world.
Over 6000 people were employed by the Federal Writers Project.
They were paid between $20 and $25 dollars per week on average.
This was a very ambitious program designed to put unemployed writers, editors, teachers and others to work.
In 1935, as part of the WPA, President Roosevelt created the Federal Writers Project