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Studs Terkel is more than a writer, he is a national resource.
—JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Studs Terkel is an American treasure.
—CORNEL WEST
By now, the man requires an adjective of his own— Terkelesque.
—MARGARET ATWOOD
P.S.
Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening
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$16.95 / £10.99
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL — The Pulitzer prize-winning oral historian and nonagenarian makes a selection of his favorite unpublished writings, broadcasts, and interviews
Anyone who has heard Studs Terkel’s voice, never mind met him, knows the vitality of this man, the liveliness, the humor, and the largeness of spirit.
—ROBERT COLES, PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF CRISIS
—ROBERT COLES, PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF CRISIS
Millions of Studs Terkel fans have come to know the prizewinning oral historian through his landmark books—“The Good War”, Hard Times, Working, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, and many others. Few people realize, however, that much of Studs’s best work was not collected into these thematic volumes and has, in fact, never been published. P.S. brings together these significant and deeply enjoyable writings for the first time.
The pieces in P.S. reflect Studs’s wide-ranging interests and travels, as well as his abiding connection to his hometown, Chicago. Here we have a fascinating conversation with James Baldwin, possibly Studs’s finest interview with an author; pieces on the colorful history and culture of Chicago; vivid portraits of Studs’s heroes and cohorts (including an insightful and still timely interview with songwriter Yip Harburg, known for his “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”); and the transcript of Studs’s famous broadcast on the Depression, the very moving essence of what was to become Hard Times.
A fitting postscript to a lifetime of listening, P.S. is a truly Terkelesque display of Studs’s extraordinary range of talent and the amazing people he found to talk to.
Born in 1912, Studs Terkel is the bestselling author of twelve books of oral history, including Working, Hard Times, the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Good War", and, most recently, his memoir Touch and Go (all available from The New Press). He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Presidential National Humanities Medal and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Chicago.
The pieces in P.S. reflect Studs’s wide-ranging interests and travels, as well as his abiding connection to his hometown, Chicago. Here we have a fascinating conversation with James Baldwin, possibly Studs’s finest interview with an author; pieces on the colorful history and culture of Chicago; vivid portraits of Studs’s heroes and cohorts (including an insightful and still timely interview with songwriter Yip Harburg, known for his “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”); and the transcript of Studs’s famous broadcast on the Depression, the very moving essence of what was to become Hard Times.
A fitting postscript to a lifetime of listening, P.S. is a truly Terkelesque display of Studs’s extraordinary range of talent and the amazing people he found to talk to.
Born in 1912, Studs Terkel is the bestselling author of twelve books of oral history, including Working, Hard Times, the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Good War", and, most recently, his memoir Touch and Go (all available from The New Press). He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Presidential National Humanities Medal and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Chicago.
Fall 2008
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 240 pages
978-1-59558-423-6
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 240 pages
978-1-59558-423-6
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