Links & Resources
Remembering Studs Terkel
Learn more about Terkel's legacy through obituaries published after his passing:
Oral Histories
Read the complete versions of the interviews appearing in Terkel's book Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, including names mentioned in the program:
Selected Interviews from Chicago Public Radio
[http://www.wbez.org/programs/848/series_features/848_studs.asp]
The Chicago Public Radio program Eight Forty-Eight provides an audio library of Studs Terkel's interviews and readings commemorating his 90th birthday. Personalities include hibakusha Tammy Snider, writer Garrison Keillor, and actor John Mahoney.
Studs Terkel: Conversations with America
[http://www.studsterkel.org/]
Sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society, this site streams over 500 selected sound recordings of interviews from his many books, and panel discussions from his radio program at WFMT in Chicago. It also features biographical materials and tutorials on how to conduct oral interviews for beginners.
"Something Real"
[http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200107.review.sterkel.real.html]
A special section of The Transom Review featuring conversations and writings of Studs Terkel, who delivers a manifesto about a life spent listening and about the potential of public radio.
"Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times: Conversation with Studs Terkel"
[http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Terkel/terkel-con0.html]
Watch the video and read the transcript of an interview with Terkel on October 29, 2003, as part of the UC Berkeley, Institute of International Studies "Conversations with History" series.
"The Dramas of Haymarket"
[http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/epilogue/personalRecollections/studsTerkelOnLucyParsons_f.htm]
Listen to Terkel describe the nature of Bughouse Square and his experience watching Lucy Parsons speak about the Haymarket bombing of 1886 at that very place.
"The Language of Life and Death"
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200110u/int2001-10-12]
A published interview appearing in the October 12, 2001 edition of The Atlantic Monthly. In it, Terkel talks about hope, September 11, and why Americans must think anew.
Featured Reviews of Terkel's Books
[http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/26/specials/terkel.html?]
A featured section of The New York Times reviews of Studs Terkel's books and published articles, including Loudon Wainwright's October 7, 1984 review of Terkel's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Good War: An Oral History Of World War Two.
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