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  • Talking to journalist, humorist, and novelist Calvin Trillin

    Nov. 11, 1980

    Author Calvin Trillin discusses the world of professional writing and his novel, Floater. Both Trillin and Studs read excerpts from the book.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the books "Messages From My Father," by Calvin Trillin and "Dear Bruno," by Alice Trillin with the authors Calvin and Alice Trillin

    May. 28, 1996
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "With All Disrespect: More Uncivil Liberties" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Apr. 19, 1985
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Travels with Alice" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Oct. 27, 1989
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Too Soon To Tell" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Jun. 15, 1995
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Remembering Denny" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    May. 4, 1993
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "If You Can't Say Something Nice" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Nov. 30, 1988
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Deadline Poet, or, My Life as a Doggerelist" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    Apr. 19, 1994
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

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

    Oct. 18, 1991
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Calvin Trillin discusses his book “Enough’s Enough (and Other Rules of Life)”

    Nov. 9, 1990

    Author, humorist, and poet Calvin Trillin discusses and reads from his book “Enough’s Enough (and Other Rules of Life),” a collection of humorous essays about everyday topics, from social to political. Studs and Trillin discuss why we get cold fronts from Canada, not Greenland; and how to spot a moderate out in public. Studs plays "Out of My Road, Mr. Toad" - Bud Freeman (1970).

  • A conversation about food, with Calvin Trillin

    Sep. 28, 1978

    Author and humorist Calvin Trillin discusses his book Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater. Both Trillin and Terkel read excerpts from the book.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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