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Authors, Writers Chicago Urban Life
  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Interview with Roger Bruns

    Mar. 30, 1987

    Discussing "The Damnedest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago's Celebrated Social Reformer, Hobo King, and Whorehouse Physician," (published by University of Illinois Press) with the author Roger Bruns.

  • Discussing the book "At Home in the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Chicago's Dearborn Park" with Lois Wille

    Jun. 23, 1997
  • Lew Kreinberg discusses his book "Street Signs Chicago"

    Jan. 20, 1982

    Interviewing co-author of "Street signs, Chicago" Lew Kreinberg; the other author is W. Charles Bowden.

  • Discussing the book "Rusted Dreams: Hard Times in the Steel Community" with one of the book's authors, Roberta Lynch

    Mar. 19, 1987
  • Haymarket Tragedy

    Commemorating the centennial of the Haymarket Affair with authors and historians Bill Adelman, Paul Avrich, Carolyn Ashbaugh, and the grandson of Haymarket defendant Oscar Neebe, Bill Neebe

    May. 2, 1986
  • Discussing Chicago mobster Murray "the Camel" Humphreys and other noted figures of Welsh ancestry with John Morgan

    May. 16, 1983
  • Discussing the book "Guardian Angel" with Sara Paretsky

    Jan. 29, 1992
  • Discussing the book "Biography of a Hunch: The History of Chicago's Legendary Old Town School of Folk Music," with author Lisa Grayson and the Executive Director of the Old Town School of Folk Music, Jim Hirsch

    Feb. 11, 1993
  • Discussing the Chicago Historical Society's exhibition "Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament," with architect John Vinci, Art and Architecture historian David Van Zanten and curator Wim de Wit

    Aug. 27, 1986
  • Herman Kogan, Helen Malone in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 20, 1960

    As a tribute to Nelson Algren after his death, a collection of his writing is dramatized in this radio program titled "Come in at the Door."

  • Laurie Abraham

    Interview with Laurie Abraham

    Oct. 1, 1993

    Interviewing author Laurie Abraham.

  • Pablo Picasso

    Studs Terkel comments and presents Picasso unveiling ceremony on its 30th anniversary

    Aug. 15, 1997

    Presenting at the Picasso unveiling: dedication ceremony and comments 30th anniversary.

  • Discussing Chicago architecture with Carl Condit and Maurice English ; part 1

    1964

    Condit wrote the book The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925, and English edited The Testament of Stone: Themes of Idealism and Indignation from the Writings of Louis Sullivan.

  • Hank De Zutter, Betty Jane Wagner, Barbara Kotto in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 16, 1992

    Discussing the Chicago Area Writing Project with authors and educators Hank De Zutter, Betty Jane Wagner and Barbara Kotto.

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