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The Trib reports that Studs Terkel has died. This is deeply saddening, although it’s worth remembering how immensely long and full his life was; he was born in 1912, and as he put it, “the year the Titanic went down, I came up.” I don’t know whether they don’t make them like Terkel anymore, or whether the Terkels out there don’t get the same regard in a changed media environment. Either way, he’s irreplaceable, and I regret that I never met him, although I did get to see him live at a Stop Smiling talk. It was a very young crowd, and it was clear he drew a lot of encouragement and energy being in front of audience of people less than a third his age.
Roger Ebert: “How Studs helps me lead my life.”
After the publication of Will the Circle Be Unbroken? on my favorite radio show, Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett; really a great interview
