This "electrifying" collection of unpublished work demonstrates the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.
