Saul Bellow
Meticulous In Literature, Messy In Life — The Real Saul Bellow
He was extraordinarily gregarious, but he could also be prickly, abrasive and deliberately offensive.
Why We Still Need Saul Bellow (And Bernard Malamud And Philip Roth)
“The American Dream is not supposed to turn into a nightmare. But it does.”
You Can Now Read Saul Bellow’s Personal Papers At The University Of Chicago
Scholars of Saul Bellow, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, can now peruse the most sizable collection of his personal papers that has yet been made available at the University of Chicago Library.
Nobel Prize Committee: Dylan Given Prize ‘Mostly To Mess With Roth’
In an exclusive on-the-record interview with The Backward, three members of the Nobel Prize Committee broke off from listening to Abba to explain…
For President Obama, Jewish Authors Gave Voice to Outsider Experience in America
‘Some of the great books by Jewish authors like Philip Roth or Saul Bellow, they are steeped with this sense of being an outsider.’
At His Library in Newark, Philip Roth Names 15 of His Favorite Books
Visitors to Philip Roth’s library in Newark, will be able to see all 3,500+ of his volumes, including the 15 books he found most influential in the first half of his life.
Why We Need a New Saul Bellow...and Many Other New Things
Neal Pollack argues that we need a new Saul Bellow. After all, he was getting pretty sick of the old one. Also, a new IPhone would come in handy.
That time I painted Saul Bellow
When painter Sarah Yuster asked Saul Bellow if she could become his official portrait artist, she was surprised by the Nobel Prize winner’s response.
Why the World Still Needs Saul Bellow
On his deathbed, Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow asked ‘Was I a man or was I a jerk?’ 100 years after Bellow’s birth, Zachary Leader’s biography examines why we still care about the answer.
A Son's Journey Deep Into the Heart of Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was one of the most decorated writers of the last century, but perhaps not one of the most beloved parents. Greg Bellow considers his father’s legacy and character.