Letter : Esquire, 488 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. to Candida Donadio, Herb Jaffe Associates, 141 E. 55 St., New York, N.Y., 1959 Sept. 25.

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Letter : Esquire, 488 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. to Candida Donadio, Herb Jaffe Associates, 141 E. 55 St., New York, N.Y., 1959 Sept. 25.

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Requests Donadio, Nelson Algren's literary agent, to send a brief account of Algren's current activities for the magazine's notes on contributors for the January issue. Donadio sent the letter to Algren with a pencilled note: Nelson! What do you say? Will you do?" Algren returned the letter with a typed note at the foot of thepage, signed, describing his current writing projects.

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