No street to be named after Saul Bellow in Chicago
In a city whose streets commemorate fascist pilots and other controversial figures, it should have been a rubber-stamped request: a street, a statue, maybe a school named in honor of Saul Bellow, one of America's greatest writers and a Chicago literary icon.
The request, made several months ago to Mayor Richard Daley's office by Bellow's longtime friend and University of Chicago colleague Richard Stern, was sent along to Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th.)
The request was promptly denied, Stern said.
Although Preckwinkle declined to comment for this article Thursday, Stern said he received a letter from the alderman saying she had heard remarks from Bellow she considered racist and because of those comments would not agree to name something after the author....
Read entire article at Chicago Tribune
The request, made several months ago to Mayor Richard Daley's office by Bellow's longtime friend and University of Chicago colleague Richard Stern, was sent along to Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th.)
The request was promptly denied, Stern said.
Although Preckwinkle declined to comment for this article Thursday, Stern said he received a letter from the alderman saying she had heard remarks from Bellow she considered racist and because of those comments would not agree to name something after the author....
Related Links
J.E. Luebering: Saul Bellow, Race, and Chicago