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  1. Algren Speaks
    Nelson Algren
    The Nation, December 20, 1999, pp. 32-33
  2. American Obituary
    Nelson Algren
    The Partisan Review, October 1935, pp. 26-28
  3. [+]
    Author Bites Critic (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Man in Modern Fiction, by Edmund Fuller
    1. Man in Modern Fiction by Edmund Fuller
    The Nation, August 2, 1958, p. 57
  4. [+]
    Basement of a Soul (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Darkness Below, by Frederic Morton
    1. The Darkness Below by Frederic Morton
    The Saturday Review, October 29, 1949, p. 28
  5. [+]
    Bitter Physics of the Deprived (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Duke, by Hal Ellson
    1. Duke by Hal Ellson
    The Saturday Review, July 4, 1953, p. 20
  6. The Captain is Impaled
    Nelson Algren
    A Story
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1949, pp. 88-96
  7. [+]
    Case Studies of Dreams (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    An American Dream Girl, and Other Stories, by James T. Farrell
    1. An American Dream Girl, and Other Stories by James T. Farrell
    The Saturday Review, December 9, 1950, p. 16
  8. [+]
    The Catch (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
    1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
    The Nation, November 4, 1961, p. 357
  9. "Chicago Is a Wose"
    Nelson Algren
    The Nation, February 28, 1959, p. 191
  10. Chicago: City on the Make (1951)
    Nelson Algren
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  11. The Children, A Story
    Nelson Algren
    The American Mercury, September 1943, pp. 310-313
  12. [+]
    City Against Itself (2 Reviews)
    Nelson Algren
    Big Bill of Chicago, by Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan
    1. Big Bill of Chicago by Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan
    2. Fabulous Chicago by Emmett Dedmon
    The Nation, February 13, 1954, p. 135
  13. Conversations With Nelson Algren (1964)
    H.E.F. Donohue and Nelson Algren
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  14. Decline & Fall of Dingdong-Daddyland
    Nelson Algren
    A Story
    Commentary, September 1969, pp. 69-78
  15. The Devil's Stocking (1983)
    Nelson Algren
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  16. Books and the Arts
    The Donkeyman by Twilight
    Nelson Algren
    Terry Southern
    The Nation, May 18, 1964, pp. 509-511
  17. Down with All Hands
    Nelson Algren
    The Atlantic Monthly, December 1960, pp. 76-83
  18. Down with cops (Speaking Out)
    Nelson Algren
    The Saturday Evening Post, October 23, 1965, pp. 10-17
  19. [+]
    Dreiser Hedged Out (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Letters of Theodore Dreiser, by Robert H. Elias and Theodore Dreiser
    1. The Letters of Theodore Dreiser by Robert H. Elias and Theodore Dreiser
    The Nation, May 16, 1959, p. 459
  20. Eggheads Are Rolling
    Nelson Algren
    The Rush to Conform
    The Nation, October 17, 1953, p. 306
  21. [+]
    Epitaph Writ in Syrup (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Let No Man Write My Epitaph, by Willard Motley
    1. Let No Man Write My Epitaph by Willard Motley
    The Nation, August 16, 1958, p. 78
  22. [+]
    Fabulous Firetrap (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Great Chicago Fire, by Robert Cromie
    1. The Great Chicago Fire by Robert Cromie
    The Saturday Review, November 22, 1958, p. 35
  23. The Face on the Barroom Floor, A Story
    Nelson Algren
    The American Mercury, January 1947, pp. 26-34
  24. Fearless Frank (1967 Film)
    Philip Kaufman
  25. [+]
    The Ginger Man Who Couldn't (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Jubb, by Keith Waterhouse
    1. Jubb by Keith Waterhouse
    The Nation, April 6, 1964, p. 351
  26. Goldstein (1965 Film)
    Philip Kaufman and Benjamin Manaster
    1 Review
  27. Crime Stories
    He Swung and He Missed
    Nelson Algren
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1957, pp. 29-35
  28. He Swung and He Missed, A Story
    Nelson Algren
    The American Mercury, July 1942, pp. 57-62
  29. The Novel in America
    Hemingway: The Dye That Did Not Run
    Nelson Algren
    The Nation, November 18, 1961, p. 387
  30. Hollywood Djinn
    Nelson Algren
    With a Dash of Bitters
    The Nation, July 25, 1953, pp. 68-69
  31. Home to Shawneetwon
    Nelson Algren
    A Story
    The Atlantic Monthly, August 1968, pp. 41-47
  32. I Never Hollered Cheezit the Cops
    Nelson Algren
    A Story
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 1972, pp. 93-98
  33. If You Must Use Profanity
    Nelson Algren
    The American Mercury, April 1934, pp. 430-436
  34. [+]
    Imaginary Pockets (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Hard Times, by Studs Terkel
    1. Hard Times by Studs Terkel
    The Nation, March 30, 1970, pp. 376-377
  35. Interview
    Nelson Algren
    The Art of Fiction
    The Paris Review, Winter 1955, pp. 36-58
  36. [+]
    Jungle of Tenements (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Pecking Order, by Mark Kennedy
    1. The Pecking Order by Mark Kennedy
    The Saturday Review, June 6, 1953, p. 16
  37. [+]
    Junkie Beward (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Drug Experience, by David Ebin
    1. The Drug Experience by David Ebin
    The Nation, February 3, 1962, p. 106
  38. The Last Carousel (1974)
    Nelson Algren
    2 Reviews
  39. Letters
    Irving Howe, Sidney Morgenbesser, and Roger Hurwitz, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 11, 1979, p. 51
  40. [+]
    Lost Man (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin
    1. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
    The Nation, December 1, 1956, p. 484
  41. A Lumpen
    Nelson Algren
    The New Masses, July 2, 1935, p. 25
  42. [+]
    Making It Hot (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Magic Christian, by Terry Southern
    1. The Magic Christian by Terry Southern
    The Nation, February 27, 1960, p. 192
  43. The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
    Nelson Algren
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  44. [+]
    Man with the Luger (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Journey Not To End, by Paul Herr
    1. Journey Not To End by Paul Herr
    The Nation, March 4, 1961, p. 192
  45. [+]
    Masonic Madness (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    This Woman, by Pietro di Donato
    1. This Woman by Pietro di Donato
    The Saturday Review, December 13, 1958, p. 36
  46. [+]
    Matters of Manhood (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Summer Street, by Hal Ellson
    1. Summer Street by Hal Ellson
    The Saturday Review, July 25, 1953, p. 15
  47. The moon of the arfy-darfy
    Nelson Algren
    The Saturday Evening Post, September 26, 1964, pp. 44-49
  48. Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters (1962)
    Nelson Algren
    13 Masterpieces of Black Humor
    2 Reviews
  49. The Neon Wilderness (1947)
    Nelson Algren
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  50. Never Come Morning (1942)
    Nelson Algren
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  51. [+]
    New Chicago Cantos (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Face of Time, by James T. Farrell
    1. The Face of Time by James T. Farrell
    The Saturday Review, November 14, 1953, p. 29
  52. [+]
    No Lorgnette for Bessie (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Chicago Review Anthology, by David Ray
    1. The Chicago Review Anthology by David Ray
    The Nation, June 27, 1959, p. 580
  53. Notes from a Sea Diary (1965)
    Nelson Algren
    Hemingway All the Way
    7 Reviews, 2 Readable
  54. [+]
    Old Fires (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Return, by Herbert Mitgang
    1. The Return by Herbert Mitgang
    The Nation, March 28, 1959, p. 280
  55. [+]
    On the Way Up (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Square Trap, by Irving Shulman
    1. The Square Trap by Irving Shulman
    The Saturday Review, May 2, 1953, p. 32
  56. [+]
    One More Octopus (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Caesar's Angel, by Mary Anne Amsbary
    1. Caesar's Angel by Mary Anne Amsbary
    The Saturday Review, January 3, 1953, p. 57
  57. [+]
    Passion or Piety (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Where We Went, by Robert Paul Smith
    1. Where We Went by Robert Paul Smith
    The Nation, November 8, 1958, p. 346
  58. A Place to Lie Down
    Nelson Algren
    The Partisan Review, January 1935, pp. 3-9
  59. The Question of Simone de Beauvoir
    Nelson Algren
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1965, pp. 134-135
  60. Books and the Arts
    The Radical Innocent
    Nelson Algren
    Bruce Jay Friedman
    The Nation, September 21, 1964, pp. 142-143
  61. [+]
    Record of a Sure Hand (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Golden Watch, by Albert Halper
    1. The Golden Watch by Albert Halper
    The Saturday Review, March 7, 1953, p. 27
  62. Remembering Richard Wright
    Nelson Algren
    The Nation, January 28, 1961, p. 85
  63. [+]
    Fiction Notes (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Geraldine Bradshaw, by Calder Willingham
    1. Geraldine Bradshaw by Calder Willingham
    The Saturday Review, March 18, 1950, p. 29
  64. [+]
    Ride on an Elephant (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Contemporaries, by Alfred Kazin
    1. Contemporaries by Alfred Kazin
    The Nation, May 19, 1962, p. 449
  65. [+]
    The Sad Amphibia (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Sleep of Baby Filbertson, and Other Stories, by James Leo Herlihy
    1. The Sleep of Baby Filbertson, and Other Stories by James Leo Herlihy
    The Nation, January 31, 1959, p. 105
  66. [+]
    Second...Not Third! (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Chicago: The Second City, by A.J. Liebling
    1. Chicago: The Second City by A.J. Liebling
    The Saturday Review, June 21, 1952, p. 37
  67. [+]
    Shared Corruption (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Coral Barrier, by Pierre Gascar
    1. The Coral Barrier by Pierre Gascar
    The Nation, May 20, 1961, p. 443
  68. Books
    [+]
    Simone a Go Go (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    After the War: Force of Circumstance, 1944-1952, by Simone de Beauvoir
    1. After the War: Force of Circumstance, 1944-1952 by Simone de Beauvoir
    Ramparts Magazine, October 1965, pp. 65-66
  69. [+]
    Sin & Sand (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles
    1. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
    The Saturday Review, December 17, 1949, p. 18
  70. Somebody in Boots (1935)
    Nelson Algren
    A Novel
    4 Reviews, 2 Readable
  71. [+]
    Spoon-fed Universe (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    The Golden Spike, by Hal Ellson
    1. The Golden Spike by Hal Ellson
    The Saturday Review, December 6, 1952, p. 35
  72. Storm in Texas
    Nelson Algren
    The Partisan Review, September 1934, pp. 26-29
  73. [+]
    Strength and Beauty (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Annunciation, by Meridel Le Sueur
    1. Annunciation by Meridel Le Sueur
    The New Masses, August 20, 1935, p. 25
  74. A ticket on Skoronski
    Nelson Algren
    The Saturday Evening Post, November 5, 1966, pp. 48-57
  75. Today (1972)
    Nelson Algren
  76. Topless in Gaza
    Nelson Algren
    New York Magazine, October 30, 1978, pp. 88-92
  77. Tricks Out of Times Long Gone
    Nelson Algren
    The Nation, September 22, 1962, p. 162
  78. A Walk On the Wild Side (1956)
    Nelson Algren
    A Novel
    9 Reviews, 2 Readable
  79. [+]
    Watch out! (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    Chicago Medium Rare, by Robert J. Casey
    1. Chicago Medium Rare by Robert J. Casey
    The Saturday Review, November 1, 1952, p. 34
  80. [+]
    What Happened? (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    A Singular Man, by J.P. Donleavy
    1. A Singular Man by J.P. Donleavy
    The Nation, December 14, 1963, p. 422
  81. Who Lost an American? (1963)
    Nelson Algren
    3 Reviews, 2 Readable
  82. [+]
    Who's Who at the Lost & Found (Review)
    Nelson Algren
    A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway
    1. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
    The Nation, June 1, 1964, p. 560
    83. No Items Found