Studs Terkel
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Between a W.P.A. Project and the Great American Novel February 28, 2025
In the summer of 1962, the Swedish writer Jan Myrdal spent a month in Liuling, China, talking to peasant farmers. Their testimonies were published in English by Pantheon, under the title Report from a Chinese Village. Pantheon’s managing director, An...
Studs Terkel Lives On February 17, 2025
In the summer of 1962, the Swedish writer Jan Myrdal spent a month in Liuling, China, talking to peasant farmers. Their testimonies were published in English by Pantheon, under the title Report from a Chinese Village. Pantheon’s managing director, An...
Studs Terkel’s Classic 'Working' Turns 50 December 17, 2024
There’s a sobering moment in one of Stuart Hall’s reflections on Margaret Thatcher’s triumph. “History,” he lamented, “is not waiting in the wings to catch up your mistakes into another ‘inevitable success.’ You lose because you lose because you lose...
