Whew.
05 November 2008
Well, the overwhelming feeling I have this morning is: Thank God it's over.
Also, you've probably already seen this, but author Studs Terkel has died, at age 96. If you've never read his masterpiece of oral history, Working, I would highly recommend picking it up. First published in 1974, it now not only counts as a fascinating sociological read, but also as history for the way work was more than thirty years ago. Amazing stuff.*
I'm in the middle of about five books right now, making it hard to have any cohesive thoughts about any of them. I'll close with a reminder to once more get out the vote and vote for our next Book Menage books.
*I've been thinking I should read more Terkel, starting with the book Chicago, which I bought a long time ago when I was trying to like Chicago. I still just can't do it. It's the closest big city I've got, but it doesn't do anything for me.