Algren, A Life, with Mary Wisniewski by Newberry Library published on 2017-03-09T22:31:16Z On March 7, 2017, journalist Mary Wisniewski visited the Newberry to discuss her biography of Nelson Algren, "Algren, A Life." In "Algren," Wisniewski reveals new details about the writer’s life, work, personality, and habits, digging beneath the street-crawling man stereotype to show a funny, sensitive, and romantic but self-destructive artist. Genre Learning