Dan Simon

Dan Simon is founder and publisher of Seven Stories Press. His biography of Abbie Hoffman, Run Run Run: The Lives of Abbie Hoffman, co-authored with Abbie’s brother Jack, was recently reissued. He co-edited, with William Savage, the critical edition of The Man with the Golden Arm, and, with C.S. O’Brien, Algren’s Nonconformity: Writing on Writing.

Political IdeologiesJanuary 15, 2021

Who Voted for Hitler?

Just as there are myths about Trump voters, there are damaging misconceptions about who brought the Nazis to power.

Dan Simon
PoliticsJuly 17, 2019

Reading Buttigieg Told Me Everything I Need to Know About the 2020 Presidential Race

Mayor Pete’s autobiography says it all.

Dan Simon
Books and IdeasMarch 19, 2019

Rediscovering Nelson Algren

The literary giant’s unique resonance in our anti-capitalist moment.

Dan Simon
March 23, 2015

Danny Schechter, Prince of the American Left

“Danny Schechter News Dissector” set the precedent for media understanding in the modern age.

Dan Simon
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PoliticsMay 10, 2001

Literature’s Candida

Dan Simon
Non-fictionDecember 7, 2000

Keepers of the Word

Dan Simon
FictionDecember 2, 1999

Algren’s Question

He would hang his coat neatly over the back of his chair in the leaden station-house twilight, say he was beat from lack of sleep and lay his head across his arms upon the query-roo

Dan Simon