Posts tagged “the lightless room”

• Nelson Algren Live clips: Barry Gifford, Don DeLillo, Willem Dafoe

  May 21, 2009

  Following up on Nelson Algren Live from this April, we present two pieces of footage from the event at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. In the first, Barry Gifford reads from Nelson Algren’s recollections of Margo, the prostitute and junkie who inspired the character Mary-Beth in the uncompleted novel Entrapment. In the second, Willem Dafoe takes on the role of Blackie Cavanaugh, welterweight Chicago boxer, from Algren’s haunting 1939 story “The Lightless Room.” Click the title of this post to see both clips.

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  Tags: Authors, barry gifford, chicago, don delillo, entrapment, margo, nelson algren, nelson algren live, readings, steppenwolf theatre, the lightless room, willem dafoe