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July 1, 2018

Best Article Arts

Algren in Exile

On the unlikely friendship between Nelson Algren and the young writer during the final years of Algren’s life.

It was June of 1980 when Nelson called me breathlessly from the highway.

Joe Pintauro Chicago Magazine Feb 1988 55min Permalink