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“Thinking of Poe, thinking of Mark Twain and Vachel Lindsay, thinking of Jack London and Tom Wolfe, one begins to feel there is almost no way of becoming a creative writer in America without being a loser.”

Quote by Nelson Algren

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Nelson Algren was an American film writer born on March 28, 1909, and died on May 9, 1981. He is known for his profound depiction of the lives of the underclass in American society. more

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