tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post5503294468423878153..comments2023-10-08T08:46:05.107-05:00Comments on James Yates: Ninth Inning Town: Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City On the Make"James Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08318633423894546202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post-84799151007617870172012-07-26T09:57:07.501-05:002012-07-26T09:57:07.501-05:00Douglas, thanks for that link. That's not self...Douglas, thanks for that link. That's not self-serving at all--I'm always happy to read other pieces on the writers I discuss here. I have another Algren piece in the works (to be posted in the next couple of weeks), and I bookmarked your piece for when I get around to his fiction.James Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318633423894546202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post-48289038642845759362012-07-23T09:16:41.125-05:002012-07-23T09:16:41.125-05:00Nice post. You ought to read (if you haven't a...Nice post. You ought to read (if you haven't already) Nonconformity, Algren's long essay on "The State of Literature," which engages exactly with the kinds of things that interest you here. Also--and this is totally self-serving--here's a link to an extract from an essay I wrote about his work a little while ago: http://douglascowie.com/?p=206Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210171637674532760noreply@blogger.com