Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria, home of the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (“a Marshall Plan of the Mind”), where SB taught in 1950 and 1952 (courtesy of Getty Images; photo by Angelika Korschlager) (ill. 75)
SB in Salzburg, 1950 (private collection) (ill. 76)
At Joel Bellows’s Bar Mitzvah, 1952. Standing, left to right: Shael and Lescha Bellows, Lynn Bellows, Marge and Maury Bellows, Jane Bellow, Sam and Nina Bellows, Joel Bellows; seated, Abraham and Fanny Bellow. (ill. 77)
Group photo at Yaddo, 1953: (standing) SB center, Milton Klonsky to his left; (seated) Josephine Herbst (third from right), Paolo Milano (fourth from right) (courtesy of the Corporation of Yaddo) (ill. 78)
Theodore Roethke (courtesy of Corbis Images/Bettmann) (ill. 79)
Bernard Malamud, 1957. “It did Corvallis [Oregon State University] great credit to have imported such an exotic.… We were cats of the same breed.” (courtesy of Corbis Images/David Lees) (ill. 80)
Delmore Schwartz, center, in full flow at the White Horse Tavern, 1959 (courtesy of Getty Images, Fred W. McDarrah) (ill. 82)
John Berryman, 1966. “Clean shaven then [1952], he seemed off on some other planet, and looked like a bright young corporation executive in his business suit, necktie, and glasses” (Leon Edel). (courtesy of Corbis Images/Bettmann) (ill. 83)
Irving Howe, 1961. “I resented being categorized as rational: it seemed to foreclose possibilities of glamour.” (courtesy of Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University) (ill. 84)
Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz, London, 1954, in the offices of Encounter (courtesy of David A. Bell; photo by Daniel Bell) (ill. 85)
Chanler Chapman, the model for Eugene Henderson, at Sylvania Farms, Barrytown, Dutchess County, New York (courtesy of Historic Red Hook) (ill. 86)
Fanny and Ralph Ellison, c. 1960 (courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, from the Ralph Ellison Papers) (ill. 87)
Ted Hoffman and Greg Bellow, Tivoli, 1957 (private collection) (ill. 88)
SB, Greg Bellow, and Jesse Reichek at Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, 1957 (private collection) (ill. 89)
Gore Vidal on the porch of Edgewater, his Greek revival mansion on the Hudson, Barrytown, Dutchess County (courtesy of Getty Images; photo by Leonard McComb for LIFE magazine) (ill. 90)
Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch, an hour’s drive northeast of Reno, Nevada (courtesy of Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno) (ill. 91)
Joan and Harry Drackert, proprietors of the Pyramid Lake Guest Ranch (courtesy of Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno) (ill. 92)
Pascal (“Pat”) Covici, SB’s editor at Viking (courtesy of Joan Covici) (ill. 93)
Richard Stern, novelist and professor of English, University of Chicago (courtesy of The Chicago Maroon) (ill. 94)
Philip Roth, Martha’s Vineyard (courtesy of Ann Mudge Backer) (ill. 95)
SB, guest lecturer in Richard Stern’s creative writing class, presumably in the presence of Philip Roth, though Roth is not visible in the photo, 1957 (courtesy of University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library; photo by Morton Shapiro) (ill. 96)
Sasha, SB, and Adam, Tivoli, c. 1957 (courtesy of Sasha Bellow) (ill. 97)
SB and Adam, Chicago, 1957 (private collection) (ill. 98)
Paul Meehl, professor of psychology, University of Minnesota, therapist and friend, 1966 (courtesy of University of Minnesota Archives, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities) (ill. 99)
3139 East Calhoun Parkway, Minneapolis, the last home shared by SB and Sasha (courtesy of Alice Leader) (ill. 100)
Ralph Ross, chair of humanities, University of Minnesota, 1961 (courtesy of University of Minnesota Archives, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities) (ill. 101)
Greg Bellow and Joseph Warren Beach, Minneapolis (private collection) (ill. 102)
Bette Howland, c. 1956 (courtesy of Jacob Howland) (ill. 103)
Rosette Lamont, professor of French, a model for Ramona Donsell in Herzog (private collection) (ill. 104)
SB and Susan, Martha’s Vineyard, 1964 (courtesy of Daniel Bellow) (ill. 105)
Susan Glassman Bellow (courtesy of Daniel Bellow) (ill. 106)
On the beach in Puerto Rico: Penny and Tom McMahon, Keith Botsford, and SB, 1961 (courtesy of Keith Botsford) (ill. 107)
John U. Nef, founding chair of the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago (courtesy of University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library) (ill. 108)
Edward Shils, professor of sociology, a friend and colleague at the Committee on Social Thought (courtesy of The Chicago Maroon) (ill. 109)
SB, 1964 (courtesy of Lebrecht Photo Library; photo by Jeff Lowenthal) (ill. 110)
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