Chicago's Nelson Algren

by Art Shay and Arthur Shay

Art Shay and Nelson Algren met in 1949, when Shay was a reporter for Life magazine. He followed Algren around with a camera, gathering pictures for a photo-essay piece he was pitching to the magazine. Life didn't pick up the article, but Shay and Algren became fast friends. Algren gave Shay's camera entrance into the back-alley world of Division Street, and Shay captured Algren's poetry on film. This is the compilation of hundreds of photos - many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583227644
• ISBN13: 9781583227640
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 8.0"