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Nelson Algren Live: The 100th Birthday Celebration 

When: Mon., April 6, 7 p.m. 2009
Phone: 312-335-1650
Price: $20
Dramatic readings of previously unpublished Algren stories by writers Russell Banks, Barry Gifford, and Don DeLillo, actors Estelle Parsons and Willem Dafoe, Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey, and Algren's last editor, Dan Simon. Also featuring a slide projection by photographer and Algren pal Art Shay. Copresented by Seven Stories Press, publishers of the new Algren collection Entrapment and Other Writings.

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