Studs Terkel has become famous all over the

world by talking to other people. His three

major books, Division Street: America, Hard

Times, and Working, have given us a unique

portrait of America, a mosaic of voices un-

matched in our literature or history. With an

uncanny ability to ask the right, the imperti-

nent question and an uncommon gift for listen-

ing compassionately, Studs Terkel has gotten

people from all walks of life to tell him the

truth, even when the2] had been lying to them-

selves.