Colin Asher; Never a Lovely So Real: the Life and Work of Nelson Algren
Colin Asher is a 2015 – 2016 Fellow
For a time, Nelson Algren was America’s most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway. Millions bought his books. Algren’s third novel, The Man with the Golden Arm, won the first National Book Award, and Frank Sinatra starred in the movie. But despite Algren’s talent, he abandoned fiction and fell into obscurity.