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Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren
Language: en
Pages: 645
Authors: Colin Asher
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-16 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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“Easily the best biography of the great Nelson Algren, and an extraordinary book in its own right.” —Blake Bailey, author of Cheever: A Life For a time, N
Never a City So Real
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Alex Kotlowitz
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-16 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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This “clear-eyed” and “finely honed” account of an American city’s “mavericks” is filled with “captivating insights into Chicago history and cul
The Short Writings of Nelson Algren
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Richard F. Bales
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-09-15 - Publisher: McFarland

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Nelson Algren was a renowned Chicago writer known for his social commentary and his novels like The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Althoug
Nelson Algren
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: Richard F. Bales
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-01 - Publisher: McFarland

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This book addresses critical gaps in existing biographies of Nelson Algren, providing new perspectives on his writing style, literary contributions, professiona
Understanding Nelson Algren
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Brooke Horvath
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

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Brooke Horvath surveys the literary contributions of a writer known as the voice of America’s dispossessed. Horvath offers an introduction to the life and wor