The Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian and
nonagenarian makes a selection of his favorite unpublished
writings, broadcasts, and interviews.
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.
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