http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:20:04 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88051 not to mention oral hygiene 88051@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:20:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88043 Amazing and wonderful to see such a good writer still going strong. He's had an impact on many over the years and has been a major contributor to the rising increase of oral histories. 88043@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:02:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88022 good point - I'm suprised he hasn't done it since he's still going so strong 88022@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:07:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88021 I thnk that is a big part of the appeal of his books, the people come across as very real, warts and all, and have a certain level of dignity for that. YOu can't write characters as rich as real people, and you can't write dialogue representative of people expressing themself without much forethought. I thought Race was one of the best books for illustrating the "man on the street" view, and "Working" really is a great book for anyone interested in that time period, not just an overview. It would be great if a "Working-21st Century" book was published as a comparison. 88021@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:57:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88018 yes, his kind of '30s pro-labor populism has really fallen out of favor - the dignity of the individual is an absolute core American value, however, or at least should be 88018@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:47:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/30/101442.php#comment-88012 THanks for the tip. Terkel's books had a big impact on me as well, and I think they should be more widely read, some 20-30 years on, the subjects and how they are viewed now versus how they were viewed then is very interesting. 88012@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:42:48 EDT