Studs Terkel (RIP) (author, stories, great, favorite)

[BlueWillowPlate]

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I loved his oral histories.
Favorites: Hard Times and The Good War.
``People's everyday experience can be as profound and as compelling as any celebrity,'' said Russell Lewis, chief historian of the Chicago Historical Society, which houses many of Terkel's collected works. ``Everyday experience is powerful, and Studs understood this.''

[quiet walker]

Author and radio personality Garrison Keillor said Terkel's nickname and his raspy voice were a good fit. "He sounded like he was packing heat," Keillor said. "But he was a lefty, and that's an unsual combination. So that's what first fascinated me about him."

Lot's of clips here: Studs Terkel, Oral Historian And Radio Legend, 96 : NPR