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Wish to read our Algren Award winner's award-winning story?
![<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Nelson Algren Short Story Prize 2011 goes to Billy Lombardo, for his beautifully written story, “Clover."</span></span>](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/358946360-09154413.png "<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The Nelson Algren Short Story Prize 2011 goes to Billy Lombardo, for his beautifully written story, “Clover.\"</span></span>")
The Nelson Algren Short Story Prize 2011 goes to Billy Lombardo, for his beautifully written story, “Clover."
Here's an interview with him after the award.
Lombardo, a teacher at the Latin School of Chicago, is a resident of Forest Park, and...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois)
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For the love of words
![On Sunday afternoon at Printers Row Lit Fest, away from the crowds strolling through aisles of used books or the ruckus of tots being entertained at the Lil' Lit Park Neverland, Richard Ford took to the stage in the Harold Washington Library Center and read the opening of his story "Under the Radar," from the short story anthology he edited, "Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar." (Proceeds from the book benefit 826Michigan, a nonprofit that teaches writing to young people.)](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62276176-10141324-187105.jpg "On Sunday afternoon at Printers Row Lit Fest, away from the crowds strolling through aisles of used books or the ruckus of tots being entertained at the Lil' Lit Park Neverland, Richard Ford took to the stage in the Harold Washington Library Center and read the opening of his story "Under the Radar,\" from the short story anthology he edited, \"Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar.\" (Proceeds from the book benefit 826Michigan, a nonprofit that teaches writing to young people.)")
Literary EditorOn Sunday afternoon at Printers Row Lit Fest, away from the crowds strolling through aisles of used books or the ruckus of tots being entertained at the Lil' Lit Park Neverland, Richard Ford took to the stage in the Harold Washington Library Center and...Tags: Festive Events, Michigan, Awards and Prizes, Facebook, Human Interest
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Lookingglass members head to the Tony Awards, proof Chicago is an ensemble town
The Theater LoopThomas Cox starred in Lookingglass Theatre’s “Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day” in 2008; work commitments with "The Outgoing Tide" will keep him from the Tony Awards.| LOOKINGGLASS PHOTO GALLERY Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre... -
Teacher wins Nelson Algren writing award
Tribune newspapersBilly Lombardo, a writer and teacher of English and creative writing at the Latin School of Chicago, won the Tribune’s annual Nelson Algren Short Story Award today during the Printers Row Lit Fest. Lombardo, 48, won the award for his story “...Tags: Fullerton (Orange, California), Westmont, DeKalb, Illinois
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Boutique Scenes: Night and day
Bucktown / Wicker ParkNikki and Eva are complex ladies who have watched the sun come up after a night of debauchery on Division Street.... -
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Dear Mr. New Mayor, whoever you are ... An open letter about theater and the arts in Chicago
The Theater LoopInterior of the Bank Of America Theatre in the Loop, part of a downtown theater district that is one of Mayor Richard M. Daley's most important legacies. • Mayor Daley and the arts: Also hear from the Tribune's Greg Kot,...... -
Nelson Algren: The original Chicago hipster
Bucktown / Wicker ParkSome said he was a bum and troublemaker, arrested once for stealing a typewriter and a second time for possessing marijuana.... -
The Geezer book club
The Geezer book club
The club began in 1997 when seven men, after 40 years of friendship, realized their conversations had fallen into a rut. Now, when everyone is vertical, ambulatory and in town, there are 11 of us with an average age of 80.
Our...Tags: Literature, Richard John Neuhaus, Upton Sinclair, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations
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Famished for Fiction
Famished for Fiction
Our club has been meeting for three years and comprises fifth- and sixth-graders at the Melzer School in Morton Grove. We meet monthly over the lunch and recess periods, which is about 55 minutes.
This year the club became so...Tags: Entertainment, Richard John Neuhaus, Upton Sinclair, Movies, Clubs and Associations
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Paperback Writers: Sunlight and shadow in 'Los Angeles in the 1930s'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesCreated by FDR in 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Federal Writers' Project (a small part of the wider Works Progress Administration) was a make-work agency that gave jobs to about 6,500 writers, editors and researchers before closing shop...Tags: Saul Bellow, W.H. Auden, Photography Supplies and Services, Book, Murder
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Sidewalks: New train of thought
If you had met Tony Fitzpatrick when I first met Tony Fitzpatrick, you could never have imagined that he would be alive today, let alone thriving.
When I first met him, he was a wild child. This was in 1981, when he grabbed me after a Second City...Tags: Studs Terkel, Chicago White Sox
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May 27, 2011
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