# Alvin Levin

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'''Alvin Levin''' (1914–1981) was an American writer from [Paterson, New Jersey](/source/Paterson%2C_New_Jersey) who grew up in the [Bronx](/source/Bronx).

He is best known for the celebrated unfinished novel, ''Love is Like Park Avenue'', that he began writing in 1936. In 1943 Levin stopped writing entirely, entering a period of silence that ended with his death.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Book shows brilliance of lost writer Alvin Levin|url = http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/book-shows-brilliance-of-lost-writer-alvin-levin/nMPTh/|website = www.palmbeachpost.com|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref> A collection of his short fiction ([New Directions](/source/New_Directions_Publishing), 2009)<ref>[http://blog.semcoop.com/2009/07/21/declan-spring-on-alvin-levin/ Seminary Co-op Bookstore review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005005518/http://blog.semcoop.com/2009/07/21/declan-spring-on-alvin-levin/ |date=2011-10-05 }} Retrieved February 2015</ref> was later given the same title. It primarily deals with the stories of lower-class Jews in New York, as told by a struggling "outsider artist" much like Levin himself.

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==External links==
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/16100579/Alvin-Levin-Love-Is-Like-Park-Avenue An excerpt from ''Love Is Like Park Avenue.'']

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Category:American fiction writers
Category:Writers from Paterson, New Jersey
Category:Writers from the Bronx
Category:1914 births
Category:1981 deaths
Category:20th-century American people

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