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He attended Rutgers University , then transferred to Bucknell University, where he received his bachelor's degree in English in He received his master's degree in English from the University of Chicago in ; then he briefly joined the United States Army. However, within a year, he was discharged because of a back injury and returned to the University of Chicago.

He did two years of doctoral work , working as an instructor at the same time. In , he withdrew from the doctoral program, traveled for a summer in Europe, then moved to New York City. His experiences growing up as a Jewish American in a largely Jewish community have influenced many of his works, including his first work, Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , which included "The Conversion of the Jews.