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Studs Terkel's Writing Still Works

BY Heath Row | 05-31-2004 | 8:04 PM
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Funny you should mention Studs Terkel, Alan. Just today in the New York Times, Adam Cohen considers the meaning of Terkel's work 30 years after Working was first published.

When America begins to pay attention to its unhappy work force and eventually, it must "Working" will still provide important insights, with its path-breaking exploration of what Mr. Terkel described as "the extraordinary dreams of ordinary people."