Nelson Algren was one of the great American authors of the 20th century, it is no exaggeration to say, and among the most neglected. Consider his underrated classic, "A Walk on the Wild Side." Full Article at ArtsJournal

Canio’s Books is a place where the literary minded of Sag Harbor have long gathered. When Canio Pavone opened shop in 1980, novelist Nelson Algren, who lived down the block, popped in and asked if he could give the inaugural reading. Full Article at The Sag Harbor Express

Stephen Sondheim dominated American musical theater in the 1970s, turning out a murderers row of sophisticated, audacious works that redefined the Broadway musical. Full Article at Detroit Free Press

The irony surrounding the death of Nelson Algren was something that the American writer himself might have found bitterly amusing. Full Article at Times Online

: In Grantas special issue on Chicago, Don DeLillo, he who chronicled New Yorks underbelly in Underworld, pays warm tribute to Nelson Algren. Full Article at Expressindia.com

Put away all those references to Chicago as the brawling and gritty rough house of Nelson Algren, Mike Royko and Dick Butkus. Forget Carl Sandburg's timeless portrayal of Chicago as "the stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders." No more. Full Article at Chicago Tribune