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One For The Road: Happy Birthday, Nelson Algren

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 28, 2012 10:40PM

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Image by Art Shay

Today is Nelson Algren's 103rd birthday. Read Art Shay's post from last year on celebrating Algren's 102nd birthday, with stunning old photos of Algren. The photo above is a stunning image of Algren from Shay's archives.

Here's a video of Algren chatting with Studs Terkel at a party in 1975.

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