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Nonconformity

by Nelson Algren

ISBN13: 9781888363623
ISBN10: 1888363622
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In this major, posthumous work, the winner of the First National Book Award presents an illuminating, highly quotable essay on the craft of writing, the art of literature, and the relationship of the writer to society. Written in the early 1950s, this eagerly-sought project was suddenly canceled when Algren was denounced as a former Communist.

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Nelson Algren (19091981) wrote of the despised urban underbelly of America before it was fashionable to do so, and still stands as one of our most defiant and enduring novelists. His novels include The Man with the Golden Arm, winner of the first National Book Award, A Walk on the Wild Side, and Never Come Morning.

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: megcampbell3, November 2, 2007 (view all comments by megcampbell3)
"Nonconformity" is an important book for all writers and thinkers to read and reread. Possibly and perhaps because it was written in the McCarthy era 1950's, and the very publishers who sought this essay declined to publish it at that time out of fear, it speaks just as clearly today of and to the place we're at in the evolution of the Republic that is America. The title of this book is perfect, as is the thought-provoking afterward by Daniel Simon. This book-length essay would be first-rate required reading in schools if we dared, in our schools, to forge individuals.
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ISBN:: 9781888363623
Other:: Algren, Nelson
Publisher:: Seven Stories Press
Author:: Algren, Nelson
Location:: New York
Subject:: General
Subject:: Writing Skills
Subject:: History
Subject:: Authorship
Subject:: Composition & Creative Writing
Subject:: Creative writing
Subject:: Novelists, American
Edition Number:: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Edition Description:: Trade Pbk
Series Volume:: no. 98-89
Publication Date:: July 2003
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 144
Dimensions:: 820x550x41 38

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