ALGREN Documentary Screening and Conversation
About the Event:
It's hard to discuss Chicago literature without mentioning Nelson Algren, posits Michael Caplan’s documentary about the often forgotten writer of celebrated urban novels. Caplan transports audiences back to the gritty city landscape and brilliant mind that brought us The Man With The Golden Arm, winner of the first National Book Award. Join Caplan and journalists Mary Wisniewski and Rick Kogan at CHF for a screening and panel conversation about why Algren is such an integral part of Chicago’s literary legacy.
Check out the trailer for ALGREN:
Michael Caplan
Michael Caplan is an independent film director, producer and college professor. ALGREN is his third feature-le...
Rick Kogan
Rick Kogan has worked for The Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, and The Chicago Tribune, where he ...
Mary Wisniewski
Mary Wisniewski is a Chicago writer whose 2017 biography Algren: A Life won the Society of Midland Authors...
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[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a black and white photograph of Nelson Algren on a city street in winter. Algren looks past the camera wearing a trench coat and glasses. Behind him on the snow-dusted sidewalk are people walking by, blurry and in motion. Image courtesy of the documentary ALGREN.]