Saul Bellow's Heart (27 page)

Oscar and Miriam Tarcov.

Herb, Mitzi, and Jane McClosky. (Courtesy of Mitzi McClosky)

Arthur Herschel Lidov.

“Saul Bellow” by Arthur Lidov, ink on paper, 1947. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Alexandra Lidov)

Saul, depressed, in 1952.

Greg as a latchkey kid.

The Bellow family, 1955. Seated: Abraham and Fanny Bellow. Standing left to right: Shael Bellows, Lesha Bellows, Lynn Bellows, Marge Bellows, Morrie Bellows, Jane Kauffman, Samuel Bellows, Nina Bellows, and Joel Bellows.

Bard College Literature Division, 1953. Standing from left: Keith Botsford, Saul Bellow, Irma Brandies, Anthony Hecht, and William Frauenfelder. Seated: Jack Ludwig (center), William Humphrey, Warren Carrier, and Andrus Wanning. (Courtesy of the Bard College Archives and Special Collection)

Alexandra “Sasha” Tschacbasov. (Courtesy of the late Sasha Bellow)

Greg and Ted Hoffman in Tivoli.

Beebee Freedman Schenk de Regniers.

Susan Glassman. (Courtesy of Daniel Bellow)

Saul in Aspen.

Saul and Dan.