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  • Discussing the book "Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity" (published by University of Chicago Press) with the author Mitchell Duneier, photographer Ovie Carter, Nate "Slim" Douglas and Ed Watlington

    Sep. 2, 1992
  • Discussing the book "William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape" with author, art historian Peter Hales

    Aug. 18, 1988
  • Lyle Kessler in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 7, 1985
  • Lewis H. Lapham in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 22, 1988
  • Reading poetry with actor Gary Merrill.

    Jul. 9, 1985
  • Discussing the book "Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague" with Richard Rhodes

    Mar. 26, 1997
  • Interview with Dorothy Scannell

    Sep. 19, 1975
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "American Stories" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Oct. 18, 1991
  • Interviewing authors John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion

    Oct. 21, 1977
  • Discussing the book "Barcelona" with the author, art critic, and documentary filmmaker Robert Hughes

    Mar. 3, 1992
  • Discussing the book "Lake Wobegon Days,"with the author and radio host Garrison Keillor

    Aug. 5, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Marketplace Medicine: The Rise of the For-Profit Hospital Chains" with author, journalist David Lindorff

    Jan. 2, 1992
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