Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren (1909-1981) won the first National Book Award for fiction in 1950 for The Man With the Golden Arm.

The Catch The Catch

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a ratio...

Mar 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Algren

Algren Speaks Algren Speaks

Dear Joe,

Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Algren

Eggheads Are Rolling Eggheads Are Rolling

Eggheads Are Rolling by…

Oct 17, 1953 / Nelson Algren

Hollywood Djinn With a Dash of Bitters Hollywood Djinn With a Dash of Bitters

Hollywood Djinn With a Dash of Bitters by…

Jul 25, 1953 / Nelson Algren

American Christmas, 1952 American Christmas, 1952

At the height of the Cold War, the famed writer took Christmas as the occasion to deliver an invective against the "faces of the American Century, full of such an immense irrespons...

Dec 27, 1952 / Nelson Algren

American Christmas, 1952

American Christmas, 1952 American Christmas, 1952

At the height of the Cold War, the famed writer took Christmas as the occasion to deliver an invective against the "faces of the American Century, full of such an immense irre...

Dec 27, 1952 / Nelson Algren

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