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SUMMARY:Monday Enrichment - Algren: The City's Prophet
LOCATION:Nineteenth Century Charitable Association 178 Forest Avenue Oak Pa
 rk IL
DESCRIPTION:Twentieth-century Chicago author Nelson Algren was called the "
 bard of the stumblebum." He was really a prophet for our new Gilded Age\, 
 known for writing about the seamier side of life. Ernest Hemingway said he
  was one of America’s best novelists\, behind only William Faulkner. His
  book\, The Man With the Golden Arm was chosen for the inaugural National 
 Book Award in 1950\, followed the next year with Chicago: City on the Make
 . This is the first biography of Algren in 25 years. Mary Wisniewski is a 
 Chicago journalist\, writer\, reporter\, and editor. She was a columnist f
 or both the Chicago Tribue and the Chicago Sun Times. She is currently an 
 author\, book and theater critic for New City\, and a teacher of creative 
 nonfiction. Free and open to the public. Donations are welcome! To live st
 ream this program\, visit our website. A recording will also be available 
 from the website one week later. https://ncca.memberclicks.net\n\nhttps://
 www.oprfchamber.org/events/94021
URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94021
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