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With regards to his writing style, it took E. L. Doctorow years to realize that the words and images to assemble a great story would come along in due time. It was Doctorow’s hope that his book, “Ragtime” would find its way into the hands of people who don’t normally pick up a novel to read. Doctorow said that in general, the majority of people don’t pay attention to books that come out and one of the reasons is because of the competition of television.
Discussing the book "Blue highways: a journey into America" with William Least Heat Moon.
Commemoration of the defunding of the Illinois Writers' Project
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).
Studs Terkel and Allen Ginsberg talk about poetry, meditation, and the shifting of American socio-political consciousness between the 50's and 70's.