This “electrifying” collection of unpublished work demonstrates
the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “great gift for tapping into
the lifeblood of America” (Booklist). Millions of Studs Terkel
fans have come to know the prize-winning 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 fascinating writings for the first time. The
pieces in P.S. reflect Terkel’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
Terkel’s finest interview with an author; pieces on the colorful
history and culture of Chicago; vivid portraits of Terkel’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 Terkel’s famous broadcast on the
Depression, the moving chronicle that would later develop into Hard
Times. A fitting postscript to a lifetime of listening, P.S. is a
truly Terkelesque display of the author’s extraordinary range of
talent and the amazing people he spoke to.
Les mer
Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781595587404
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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