“What a terrific book. I have to tell you that I read it against the grain. I’ve got an awfully long novel going on the CIA, and of course it overlapped just enough that I kept saying, ‘this son of a ...

On his deathbed, Saul Bellow asked a question his admirers and detractors have long been agonizing over: “Was I a man, or was I a jerk?” Of course this is a false binary. But when Bellow said “man,” ...

Salman Rushdie talks about some of his favorite Saul Bellow books in this outtake from “The Adventures of Saul Bellow.” Rushdie says, “These are some of the great masterpieces of American literature.” ...

“I’m not a social-service agency,” a smiling Bellow is heard to say during one of several TV interviews excerpted in Asaf Galay’s documentary, whose title echoes Bellow’s breakthrough, “The Adventures ...

A writer drove from Chicago to L.A. to see what it truly means to belong to a place. By Aatish Taseer and Andrew Moore Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past ...

Art The Jewish Blues LOS ANGELES — I first saw Saul Bellow in the early 1960s at a reading he gave one afternoon of his play “The Last Analysis.” The reading took place in a large, light-filled studio ...

Tonight San Diego Jewish film festival will host an in-person screening of the new documentary, the adventures of Saul bellow, KPBS, film critic, Beth Huck, Amando discusses the film and the ...

Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature. Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, ...