Algren Revisited, One Last Time

A new posthumous collection proves that Nelson Algren’s talent outlasted his desire to use it.

By Edward McClelland

If Nelson Algren had been a racehorse, he would have been the kind he used to bet on: one who fades in the stretch. After winning the National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm in 1949, Algren never again produced an important book. Instead, he spent the last 32 years of his life reworking and recycling his early… return to article

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Algren Revisited, One Last Time

A new posthumous collection proves that Nelson Algren’s talent outlasted his desire to use it.

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A new posthumous collection proves that Nelson Algren’s talent outlasted his desire to use it.

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