When he is working on a book, Mr. Bellow spends his mornings at an electric typewriter, set up by a window overlooking Lake Michigan. (From: Conversations with Saul Bellow: A Collection of Selected Interviews, Sukhbir Singh, Academic Foundation, 1993)
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wow Richard… you did some courses with Bellow. That’s a 2 degrees of separation moment..! rino
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Such a privilege!
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Here is Bellow by the window at his electric Smith-Corona: http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/bellowscm.jpg. I knew him when I was a graduate student at the U. of Chicago, and took a couple of courses from him.
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